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Naples, Pompeii, and back to Rome

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May 5th 2015
Today I visited the ruins of Pompeii. This is the reason I came to Naples in the first place. I was up early and caught the local train to Scavi di Pompei, ie the Pompeii Excavations (see picture). I dropped my big backpack at the bag check, bought my ticket, and entered the site. I felt a frisson of excitement to be seeing the things that I have heard about all my life and read about in some deta ... 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