Southern Italy Scenes
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Campania
Amalfi Coast - a stretch of coastline on the southern side of the Sorrentine Peninsula of Italy. Renowned for its rugged terrain, scenic beauty, picturesque towns and diversity.View album >>
Anacapri and Capri - an Italian island off the Sorrentine Peninsula on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, in the Campania region. Anacapri is a small community on the island of Capri, located high on the hills to the west.View album >>
Napoli (Naples) Area - the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old. Nearby, Ercolano, the lesser-known-but-just-as-important excavated ancient city from the Mt. Vesuvio eruption in 79 AD. In fact, Ercolano is better preserved than Pompeii, thanks to the volcanic mud that covered it instead of the volcanic ash that buried Pompeii.View album >>
Reggia di Caserta (Royal Castle) - designed by Vanvitelli, with its Park (and famous waterfall) and English Garden, was built in the mid-18th century on commission of Charles VII, the King of Naples, who wanted it to rival the Palace of Versailles.View album >>
Pompeii - a ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei.View album >>
Sorrento - a small city in Campania, Italy, with some 16,500 inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination. The town can be reached easily from Naples and Pompeii.View album >>
Puglia
Castro - a small village in the Puglia Region of Italy, located in the southeastern "boot heel" of the country.View album >>
Galatina - a small town in the southeastern part of Italy, in the Puglia Region.View album >>
Gallipoli - a town in the province of Lecce, in southern Italy. It is located by the Ionian Sea, on the west coast of the Salentina Peninsula.View album >>
Gargano - a mountainous promontory that juts into the Adriatic Sea on the east coast of Italy.View album >>
Lecce - an historic city in southern Italy, and the capital of the province of Lecce. It is the main city of the Salentine Peninsula, a sub-peninsula at the heel of the Italian Peninsula and is over 2,000 years old.View album >>
Otranto - a town and commune in the province of Lecce, in the Puglia Region. It is situated on the east coast of the Salento peninsula.View album >>
Basilicata
Basilicata Region - Basilicata is a small region, mostly mountainous, situated in Southern Italy. Photos are from small towns, such as Marsicovetere, Paterno and San Mazano. View album >>
Sicilia (Sicily)
Sicilia (Sicily) - an autonomous region of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area and currently has just over five million inhabitants. It is also the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. These photos are from various towns in Sicily. The photo to the left is a carretto (cart), a common symbol of Sicily, introduced to the island by the ancient Greeks.View album >>
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Updated March 6, 2010
