Birthplace of pizza

Lovely Naples

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July 8th 2014
Naples redeemed itself for me on this trip. (We had had a bad experience at the train station many years ago, were taken by a swindler who boarded all our bags (9 of us) onto a cart, then wouldn't release them until we paid him 50 euros, which then was almost $90. ) So I took the walking tour of Naples shore excursion from NCL, great to get out into the sunshine and see the beautiful architecture ... read more

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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