Jericho

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Sam and companions departed Jerusalem at 8:00am on September 25 arriving that night at Jericho. They departed Jericho at 2:00am September 26 en route to the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. Mark Twain Project: Quaker City Itinerary


See Bædeker (1898) Jericho


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Temnin El Faouqa

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Temnin el-Foka (Arabic: تمنين الفوقا) is a village located approximately 28 kilometers southwest of Baalbek in the Baalbek District, in the Beqaa valley of Lebanon, at an altitude of 1100 meters above sea level. The village is famous for its Roman nymphaeum[1] which is close to the spring of Ain el-Jobb.

Temnin was settled since Roman times, but the original name is unknown. The town is divided into two municipalities, the other being Temnine Et Tahta.

Caserta

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Carriage with one horse, per drive within the town or to the station, 35 c, with two horses 60 c; drive in the royal gardens (‘le Reali Delizie'), per hr. with one horse, 1 fr. 30 c., with two horses, 2 1/2 fr., each additional 1/2 hr. 50 or 85 c. ; to Santa Maria di Capua Vetere 1 fr. 40 or 2 fr. 30, to Capua 2 fr. 25 or 3 fr. 90 c.

For a Visit to the Palace (interior 12-4; the garden till sunset) a per messo from the royal intendant at the Palazzo Reale at Naples (p. 35) is required, but it may, if necessary, be obtained on the spot. Fee 1 fr.; for the chapel 25 c.

Capua

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Turning to the right on entering the town, and taking the first street to the left, we reach the Piazza de' Giudici, or market-place, in 6 min. , and then enter the Via del Duomo to the right.

The Cathedral, dating from the 11th cent., possesses a handsome entrance-court with ancient columns, but in other respects lhas been entirely modernised.