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The hidden secret of the amphitheatre in Capua (south of Rome)
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- The Apennines
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- The Apennines
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- Arrival in Capua
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- The famous amphitheatre – but why?
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- Concrete!
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- Remains and land rise of previous amphitheatre, the oldest in Italy
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- Plastic gladiators
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- A frieze
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- A frieze
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- Archway
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- Triple archway
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- Lovely brickwork!
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- The fabulous underground passageways – the secret of the Capua amphitheatre
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- Underground
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- The complete underground passageway system
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- More passageways
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- More passageways
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- Fabulous underground
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- Beautiful arches
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- Underground high street of the amphitheatre
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- A channel to to let the er, animal poo out of the underground pens
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- More passageways
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- Above ground
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- Above ground
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- Passageway for people
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- Triple arch
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- Archway
Cannae – Where Hannibal trounced the Romans
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- Early medieval Cannae
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- The battlefield at Cannae
Capri – Retirement home of Tiberius
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- Sorrento
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- Sorrento harbour
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- Approaching Capri
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- Dramatic cliff
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- Entrance to the Blue Grotto – No, I didn’t go in.
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- Sun’s coming out. A bit
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- Lighthouse
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- Nice tilted sedimentary layers
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- The Green Grotto (free and unexploited)
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- The Green Grotto (free and unexploited)
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- Tiny orange coral at the Green Grotto
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- Isole Faraglioni
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- Through the arch
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- View towards Sorrento Peninsula
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- Elephant Rock
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- Cliffscape
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- Tiberius’ Leap, where the emperor had people thrown off.
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- Back towards the main port, Marina Grande
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- Capri town – slightly twee
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- Capri town
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- A gate
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- Me and view
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- View from Gardens of Augustus
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- Water and sun
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- Cliffscape
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- The walk down from Villa Krupp
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- Gardens of Augustus
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- Villa Jovis – Tiberius’ home
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- Villa Jovis – Tiberius’ home
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- View towards Sorrento
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- Villa Jovis – Tiberius’ home
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- Villa Jovis – Tiberius’ home
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- Villa Jovis – Tiberius’ home
Naples Museum A step away from Pompeii… Naples Museum is where many things were taken from there to ensure their conservation and preservation.
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- Mosaics from Pompeii
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- Candelabra mosaic from Pompeii
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- Mosaic columns from the Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii
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- Mosaicsfrom Pompeii
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- Mosaic from Pompeii
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- Animal mosaic from Pompeii
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- Smiling duck detail
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- Domestic equipment from Pompeii
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- Mosaic showing Alexander the Great fighting Darius III of Persia – From the House of the Faun, Pompeii
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- Alexander the Great portrait
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- Alabaster gold decorated statue
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- Richly decorated display hall, Naples Museum
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- Door furniture and domestic statues in bronze
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- Silver bowls from Pompeii
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- Silver bowls from Pompeii
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- Silver dishes from Pompeii
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- Silver tableware from Pompeii
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- Bronze jug handle
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- Tiny portrait on glass
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- Glassware
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- Blue cameo glass vase from Pompeii – First century AD
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- Scales and weights
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- Painted panel from Pompeii
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- Painted wall panel from Pompeii
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- Painted panel from Pompeii
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- Painted panel from Pompeii
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- Painted panel from Pompeii
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- Painted panel from Pompeii
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- Painted wall panel from Pompeii
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- Painted panel from Pompeii
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- Painted panel from Pompeii
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- Painted panel from Pompeii
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- Woman with book
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- More serious work!
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- Beautiful mosaic
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- Painted wall panel from Pompeii
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- Painted wall panel from Pompeii
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- Naples Museum entrance hall
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- Statue of Helena, mother of Constantine
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- Statue of Helena, mother of Constantine
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- Statue of Helena, mother of Constantine
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- Vespasian (I think)
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- Minerva/Athena
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- Octavia, Augustus’ sister
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- Fortuna/Isis
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- Wounded Amazon
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- Wounded Amazon
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- Orpheus, Eurydice and Hermes/Mercury
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- Painted panel from Pompeii – celebrations
Other Naples – a slightly strange place
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- Naples street
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- Naples street
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- Pizzeria where we had lunch
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- Pizzeria where we had lunch
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- In the ancient underground cisterns
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- In the ancient underground cisterns
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- In the ancient underground cisterns
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- In the ancient underground cisterns
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- In the ancient underground cisterns
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- Naples street
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- Naples street
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- The ‘lost’ amphitheatre under Naples
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- The ‘lost’ amphitheatre under Naples
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- The ‘lost’ amphitheatre under Naples
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- Brickwork continues under partition
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- The ‘lost’ amphitheatre under Naples
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- The ‘lost’ amphitheatre under Naples
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- Large faceless building
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- Large faceless building
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- Inside the large faceless building
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- Naples castle
