Ghostly Herculaneum, Ercolano, Italy

Adventures in Italy: Day 12 Herculaneum, Naples, Sorrento

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April 12th 2017
Italy Day 12, Saturday, October 15, Ercolano, Herculaneum, Naples Archaeological Museum Many of us took an optional tour to Herculaneum and the Naples Archaeological Museum. We left early in the morning for the Herculaneum ruins, in order to avoid the expected mass of tour groups. Pompeii sees about 50,000 tourists a day from tours like ours as well as tours from cruise ships. Herculaneu ... 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