Herculaneum was another city that buried by volcanic mud during the eruption of Vesuvius, which destroyed the more famous city of Pompeii as well.
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The richly decorated majolica-tile dome of this church has come to identify the village of Positano.
This commuter train from Naples to Sorrento, via Pompeii, runs about 40 times a day from the Stazione Centrale.
Piazza Tasso, is named after Sorrento's most famous native son, poet Torquato Tasso (1544-1595).
The staff of this restaurant in Sorrento have a strong affection for the great tenor, Enrico Caruso whose pictures are everywhere.
Lampascioni is a variety of wild onion (the bulb of the wild tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum) having a distinctive flavor. They are a specialty of Basilicata and Puglia.
You've seen these indications on Italian olive oil, cheese and even honey but what do they mean?
Founded in 1925 by Anselmo Paternoster, the family has been making rich, complex Aglianco del Vulture for three generations.
A regional cheese specialty in Basilicata is Caciocavallo di Podilico, a cheese made from the milk of Podolica cows.
Metapnto is a seventh century Greek temple in Basilicata with a 15 column peristyle. It was once the house of Pythagoras and later became a temple to Hera.
Basilicata's Parco Nazionale Pollino is the largest national park in Italy.
This is the most outstanding and intact example of a troglodyte settlement in the Mediterranean region, perfectly adapted to its terrain and ecosystem.
Located near the southeastern corner of Sicily on the Ionian coast, Siracusa (Syracuse) is built on an ancient Greek settlement founded by Corinthians in 734 BC.
Bread in Puglia is unique and treated with the utmost respect. If a piece of bread is dropped on the floor, peasant people will pick it up immediately, kiss it, and return it to the table for eating.
From February 8th-15th and then from the 20th-24th the comune of Putignano is proud to host the oldest and certainly the longest Carnevale in Italy.
During the day, Giovanni Scilio exercises his mastery as a teacher specializing in the reconstruction of rural buildings. In the evening, he leaves the city to rejoin his farm in the heart of an 18-hectare vineyard, 650 meters high on the north-east slope of Mount Etna.
The cathedral, just south of Palermo, is a dazzling mixture of Arab, Byzantine and Norman artistic styles. It is framed by traditional Romanesque architecture, combined in a perfect blend of the best that both the Christian and Muslim worlds of the 12th century had to offer.
This famous museum was founded at the request of one of Cefalů’s most generous benefactors, Baron Enrico Piraino di Mandralisca.
Cefalú, on the northern coast of Sicily, is 74 kilometers east of Palermo. Travelers have compared certain aspects of the town to those of Taormina.
These spectacular islands are named after Aeolus, the god of the wind.
