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Church in the sassi

Italy 98 - Italys dirty little secret which has now become a UNESCO world Heritage site

May 5th 2015
We felt rather sad leaving our haven of peace and tranquillity that was Paestum. We never got round to visiting their restaurant as it only opened at lunchtime but we did buy bread from their excellent farm shop. This was a buffalo farm and they made their own mozzarella cheese although we never saw the buffalo. Our destination today across Italy in an eastwards direction into the mountains. Th ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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6th May 2015

Great find!
This place looks charming, especially since it's surrounded by so much countryside and has exotic cave dwellings. A lot of times, ancient places now in ruins, become the most picturesque for us modern tourists.
6th May 2015

Mattera
Yes it was wonderful more us than Naples I think we are definately more this than cities at times. All I can say at times is wow wow and wow when we find places like this around the world . I wonder how many of our new buildings and towns will stand the test of time :)

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