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Pompeii

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January 26th 2017
Geo: 41.8919, 12.5113On August 24, 79 AD, Vesuvius erupted, burying the town of Pompeii in ash and pumice, killing around 3,000 people. The rest of the population of 20,000 people had already fled. The city is preserved in its state from that fateful day. Pompeii is an excavation site and outdoor museum of the ancient Roman settlement. This site is considered to be one of the few sites where ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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