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best of europe, history, Italy Aug 2, 2019 By Jagabond
How is the Caserta Royal Palace not more known? Are you looking for a Disney experience? I found a palace in Italy, south of Rome, [...]
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history, Italy Jan 25, 2018 By Jagabond
Herculaneum and Pompeii shared the same fate, though not in the same manner. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD is one of the [...]
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history, Italy Feb 15, 2018 By Jagabond
Today marks the 74th anniversary of the bombardment that destroyed the Monte Cassino abbey. It was a grievous casualty of the last great war. As [...]
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history, Italy, Museum Jan 5, 2018 By Jagabond
Let’s dissect the title of this blog. Yes, I did recommend you visit a typewriter museum. And yes, the site of this museum is Trani, [...]
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history, Italy Sep 7, 2017 By Jagabond
My first question was – what in the name of the Lord is this ginormous church doing here? Orvieto is a small hilltop town north [...]
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history, Italy Aug 11, 2017 By Jagabond
“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.” – Hippocrates I’m always learning. Not because I try to, maybe I [...]
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history, Italy Mar 9, 2017 By Jagabond
“You ask me to write you something about the death of my uncle…he perished in a devastation of the loveliest of lands.” This is a [...]
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Liverpool, history, United Kingdom Dec 2, 2016 By Jagabond
Mark David Chapman…what a dick. He got into some cool music early on in life, before discovering extremist religion which led him to turn on [...]
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