The cloister

On to Sicily!

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September 15th 2012
Geo: 38.0395, 14.0219 We left Paestum on Friday morning during a rain storm. We drove for about 4 hours, mostly down a road that runs along the coast. Each time we would go into a little village, the road would get narrow and we would have to be careful passing parked cars. One area was so narrow that they had a policeman holding up traffic so one car or truck could go thru at a time. We ca ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily

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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