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Naples Miscellany 19
TAV stands for
treni alta velocitŕ
—high speed trains. They are common now in many parts of Europe. Considering the time wasted getting to and from ...
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Roccamonfina & the Devil's Footprints
Just to the north of Naples, in the province of Caserta, is the Roccamonfina Regional Park. It is in the hills just north of the Campanian plain and the Volturno river and ...
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High-Speed Train Station, Afragola
TAV stands for
treni alta velocitŕ
—high speed trains. They are common now in many parts of Europe. Considering the time wasted getting to and from airports and being ...
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Cleaning Up the Regi Lagni
An ambitious project is underway, backed by an initial allocation of 50 million euros, to restore and clean up what used to be one of the "happiest" bits of Campania ...
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The Etymology of "Vesuvius"
Apparently, the Greeks of early Neapolis simply called it
Somma
, as in "summit"—in other words, "the mountain." It is not uncommon in many languages ...
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The First Polyclinic Hospital in Naples
Today, if you speak of the "hospital zone" of Naples, you mean the hill area in the high Vomero, where major hospitals started to be built in the 1920s. That part ...
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The Statue of Spina Corona
One of the most interesting and iconic statues (photo, right) in the city of Naples is the Fountain of Spina Corona. It is a marble representation of an angelically winged ...
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When the Earth Moves in Naples
The black & white photos on this page are from the 1960s. I've seen them before and have even stood personally at a few similar scenes. They are from a book entitled Il ...
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Me & the Grand Poo-Bah of Cuma
I apologize to Gilbert & Sullivan fans. My guy is not really a Poo-Bah. In fact, he is not even a he. He is an it, called in Italian,
Il Grande Emissario di Cuma
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Suessula
Greek and Roman ruins, of course, abound in southern Italy. Those of earlier Italic cultures—the ancient peoples of Italy—are a bit harder to come by since they are overlaid ...
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