Pompeii

Here we are in front of the Porta Marina in the ancient city of Pompeii. Pompeii, a thriving Roman colony, was buried by the volcano Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Ironically, the city had been founded in the 8th century B.C. upon the volcanic remains of an earlier eruption of Vesuvius.

Roma, Vaticano, & Pompei

December 16th 2006
We took an extraordinarily last-minute trip to the Eternal City for our third wedding anniversary. Our trip begins with a short drive south to the Baden-Airpark, and sixty miles from home we settle in with some coffee to wait on our flight. This was a very small airport, but still the first flight for us in awhile. After a bus ride from the terminal, we are swept along in the mad mob literall ... 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

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