Cumae

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Cumae (Ancient Greek: Κύμη (Kumē) or Κύμαι (Kumai) or Κύμα (Kuma); Italian: Cuma) was an ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Campania, Italy. Cumae was the first Greek colony on the mainland of Italy and the seat of the Cumaean Sibyl. It was the Cumaean alphabet that was adopted in Italy, first adopted and modified by the Etruscans (800–100 BC) and then by the Romans (300–100 BC), thus becoming the Latin alphabet, the world's most widely used phonemic script. The Cumaean alphabet was also used throughout the Greek island of Euboea.

Baiae

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Baiae (in modern Italian Baia), a frazione of the comune of Bacoli in the Campania region of Italy, was a Roman seaside resort on the Bay of Naples. It was said to have been named after Baius, who was supposedly buried there. Baiae was for several hundred years a fashionable resort, especially towards the end of the Roman Republic. Baiae was even more popular than Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Capri with the super-rich, notorious for the hedonistic temptations on offer, and for rumours of scandal and corruption.

Ischia

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Sam and companions spend two days on the island of Ischia while the Quaker City remained in quarantine at Naples, from August 7 to August 9, 1867. Mark Twain Project: Quaker City Itinerary

Capri

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August 10, 1867, Sam and companions visited the Island of Capri by chartered steamer. Mark Twain Project: Quaker City Itinerary

Castel Sant''Angelo

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The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as Castel Sant'Angelo (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈstɛl sanˈtandʒelo]; English: Castle of the Holy Angel), is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum. The Castle was once the tallest building in Rome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castel_Sant%27Angelo