Pompei

Quiet day

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September 22nd 2017
All that walking... Noticed that the lemon (limon) trees are being grown exclusively for the production of 'limon cello'. So that they can get bigger trees without growing outwards (no room) they are growing them upwards. Huge poles are being rammed into the ground to support the trees height of about 2 story buildings....so they become narrow and tall. Temperatures are averaging 22-25 deg ... 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