January 25, 2012
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Family activity holidays in Italy – Exploring the Bay of Naples Updated: January 25, 2020 | By Claire | More The whole of Italy has a lot to offer that it is quite impossible to take part in all of the family activity holidays in Italy available in just one trip. One way to tackle […]
Tags: activity-holidays-in-italy, agriturismo, atmospheres, bay-of-naples, city, family-activity-holidays, favourite-place, herculaneum, history-nature, island-of-capri, italy, naples, naples-photo, napoli, pompeii, roman-ruins, typical-life, vesuvius, weather
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 25, 2010
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Paestum – major Graeco-Roman city in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Paestum is a major European seaside resort and unforgettable tourist destination. It is also the main objective of the excavations for history lovers. Paestum is located in Campania region, about 40 km south of Salerno and 85 km southeast […]
Tags: 9th-september, ancient-greek-temples, archaeological-discoveries, archaeological-work, archeological-discoveries, architectural-monument, athens-acropolis, capri, cilento-national-park, city, delicious-cuisine, fish-specialties, greek-colonists, history-lovers, italy, main-objective, major-graeco-roman-city, napoli, national-park, paestum, pompeii, pompeii-and-herculaneum, prosperous-cities, rare-pieces, roman-empire, tourist-boom, world-war-ii
Categories: Italy, Sights
October 10, 2010
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Monte Vesuvio – destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More If you’re ever in or around Pompeii or Napoli, you surely will see the hill in the background. It is the volcano Mount Vesuvius (or Monte Vesuvio in Italian). It is not […]
Tags: 18th-century, car-park, gulf-of-naples, herculaneum, italy, lava, monte-vesuvio, mount-vesuvius, nature, pompeii, pompeii-and-herculaneum, rediscovery, refreshments, roman-cities, roman-city, sidewalk, souvenirs, towns, troubled-history, vesuv, volcano, vulcano, weather
Categories: Italy, Nature
September 21, 2010
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Salamis is the most important archaeological site in Cyprus — a vast ancient city on the island’s eastern coast near Famagusta that served as the capital of Cyprus for over a thousand years, from the late Bronze Age through the Roman and Byzantine periods. Today, Salamis is a hauntingly beautiful expanse of ruins stretching along […]
Tags: 374-bc, ancient-roman-city, ancient-ruins, antiquities, capital-of-cyprus, city, cyprus, eleventh-century, eucalyptus-trees, gold-coins, hadrian, medieval-castles, northern-cyprus, palaestra, pompeii, quarries, roman-theatre, salamis, sea-shore, trajan, volcanic-ash, wanton-destruction, watchful-eye
Categories: Cyprus, Sights
September 16, 2010
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Ostia Antica – the harbour city of an ancient Rome | Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More Just outside of the Roman suburb of Ostica, you will find the archaeological site known as Ostia Antica. Ostia Antica was the original location of a harbour where the Tiber River meets with the […]
Tags: ancient-buildings, ancient-rome, city, great-trip, harbour, harbour-city-of-an-ancient-rome, italy, magnificent-frescoes, map, mosaics, ostia, ostia-antica, pompeii, rome, rome-italy, sea-level, town, trip-destination, volcano-eruption
Categories: Italy, Sights
