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Positano, April 2013

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April 7th 2013
I have taken the train and flown from Rome to Naples, but this is the first time I have driven. You drive down a long, wide coastal plain, and to your left is a near-continuous range of mountains, much taller than I would have expected, with most of the taller ones covered in snow the time of year. On the he way, I noticed what I thought was Montecassino, and sure enough soon came to a sign confir ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more