In the lush Lartarii Mountains in a valley in Campania, Italy

Adventures in Italy: Day 14 Paestum, Salerno, Sorrento

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April 12th 2017
Italy Day 14, Monday, October 17, Paestum, Buffalo Mozzarella, Salerno On the drive from Sorrento to Paestum we passed the outskirts of congested Naples again. Despite the high poverty level, 85%!o(MISSING)f Italians own their own homes, the highest percentage in all of Europe with England coming in second. But the cost of living and taxation is crushing. Around Naples there is nowhere left to bu ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania

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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