This was taken at the docks of Napoli early one morning.

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On the morning I left Naples, I went to the top of my hotel to eat breakfast on the roof, and I saw these incoming clouds and a rain over Vesuvius. So, naturally, I had to grab my ever-present camera.

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Here is one of the best pictures I took in Naples. This was taken about 6 AM near the ballistrade to the Castle d’Ovo, overlooking the docks and Mount Vesuvius in the background, along the Amalfi Coast.

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This is the Castle Nuovo in Naples. They still use this to carry on a lot of meetings for the city.

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Valerio and Sergio brought me to this church. This is actually where Valerio got married. It was awfully dark and foreboding, much like his marriage.

And here is one of the stained glass windows from the inner cloister.

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This was taken at Santa Chiara in Naples… They had these kind of frescos all over the walls in every direction…

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This was taken during the evening I spent wandering around the old part of Milan, near a special canal that was built to bring stones to the Duomo.

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Our boat captain was lamenting that this was a very unique Roman ruin and there was very little conservation going on… just a lot of shirtless (and upon zooming, rather chubby) Italian men doing cannonballs off the top level.

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The top picture here is the Santa Maria Maggiore, the basilica that was across the street from my hotel in Rome. The second shot is from the interior of one of the side-chapels. The last is a little collage I made of my Churches of Italy set on Flickr.

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This is a shot of the interior of the Castel D’Ovo in Naples.

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This is a part of the rougher part of the Amalfi Coast where waves have torn away four huge caves in the sea wall. It’s hard to see how huge these caves are, but each one is over 100 feet tall.

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This was a cool little find in the bay of Naples.

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