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26 Aerial photos from Italy
from: Aeolic Islands | Apulia | Basilikata | Calabria | Campania | Latium | Southern Tyrol | Tuscany | Umbria | Veneto |
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The historical town of Capranica spans over a tuff hill, above of Via Cassia, an old Roman road, that connected Rome and Firenze.
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Picture taken 24.4.2006 -
aerial photo #0007-0044
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Here at St. Bernardino Pass commander Hannibal crossed the Alps during the Second Punic War. He marched his army with
55000 warriors and 37 elephants over the 2788m pass.
Today a paved road connects the Rhone Valley in Switzerland with the Aosta Valley in South Tyrol.
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Picture taken 3.9.2005 -
aerial photo #0005-0160
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San Servolo is located in the lagoon of Venice. From the 8th to the 12th century the island was used as monastery, later it became a hospital for mental illness. Today it is used for exhibitions and conferences.
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Picture taken 10.4.2009 -
aerial photo #0019-0211
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