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More Rome - and Pompeii

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July 12th 2013
Day 3 Found our kickoff point for the day trip to Pompeii in ample time so some pics of the expansive Piazza Popolo. Bus trip to Vesuvius was uneventful so to the climb and rim walk of this volcano. It is apparently still active but there was no evidence of that. By all accounts however, it is folly to underestimate the power of this volcano…… Today however, it was safe if not more ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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