Local catch

Capri

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May 7th 2012
Geo: 40.5509, 14.2429Off to Capri. The bus picked us up from the hotel for an interesting ride along the twisty roads to the harbor at Marina del Cantone. At the dock a fisherman had come in with the morning catch. The trip across to the Isle of Capri took about 30 minutes followed by a tour around the island. We passed the main town of Capri and went past the famous Blue Grotto. Rounding the en ... 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