ITALY - June 1st to 15th, 2012
ITALY - June 1st to 15th, 2012
The restored Monastery on top of Monte Cassino.
Polish Military Cemetery - Monte Cassino
The touching hillside graves of the Polish Free Army face their Second World War objective ... the Monastery.
Cassino War Cemetery - 1945
The Commonwealth Cassino War Cemetery is the second largest Second World War cemetery in Italy.
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
The names of 855 Canadians including seven pilots are located here.
The names of 192 Canadians have their names engraved on one of the fifteen foot tall slabs of green granite.
More than 4200 Commonwealth graves are located in the Cassino War Cemetary.
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Caserta War Cemetary - 1945
Caserta War Cemetery contains 768 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. Ninety-eight Canadian soldiers and one airman are buried here. If the gates are locked, dial 1221 on the padlock to gain entry.
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Artifacts on display at an adjacent museum.
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The M/V ENZA moored at the Emerald Grotto offers regular trips from Amalfi.
The Emerald Grotto is located 4 km west of Amalfi.
Tour the Emerald Grotto in a punt with a singing captain.
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Ravello became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
Oscar Neimeyer Auditorium was designed and named after the famous architect of Brasilia, the capital of Brasil.
View of Maiori and the Amalfi Coast from Ravello.
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The crypt of Saint Nicholas in the church of his name.
The Church of Saint Nicholas.
Bari War Cemetery - 1945
The Bari War Cemetery contains 2245 Commonwealth Headstones of which 210 are Canadian.
The cemetary contains 2128 Commonwealth burials from the Second World War, 170 are unidentified.
The Bari War Cemetary has some non war burials and war graves of other nationalities.
The cemetary contains eighty-five First World War burials.
Polish Military Cemetery
The Polish Military Cemetery at Casamassima near Bari.
The gates are inscribed: I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT. I HAVE FINISHED MY CAUSE. I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.
The Cemetery contains 431 graves of soldiers and officers of the 2nd Polish Corps who died between 1944 and 1945.
The alter is inscribed: HEROS, NOT BROKEN BY THE FORCE OF LAW - BRAVELY AND NOBLY DIED.
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Sangro River War Cemetery - 1945
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Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - 1945
Entering the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery located 5 km south of Ortona.
The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery contains 1615 Commonwealth burials. Fifty are unidentified and 1375 are Canadian.
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
The burial register and visitors' book are located in the shelter.
The Coat-of-arms of Canada.
Please sign the visitors' book and share your thoughts when you visit. Take time to search the burial register for a 16 year old lad.
A plaque about the War in Italy describes what happened during those troubled times.
A quiet, shady and scenic place for reflection.
The view when leaving the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery.
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Castello Aragonese
Castello Aragonese
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Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport or Rome Fiumicino Airport is Italy's largest airport with 37.7 million passengers served in 2011, located in Fiumicino, 18.9 nautical miles (35.0 km; 21.7 mi) west southwest of Rome's historic city centre. The ride by train takes approximately 30 minutes and goes as far as the central railway station of Rome, Termini.
Thai Airways Boeing 747-400 Jumbo boarding passengers with Emirates Airbus A380-800 Super Jumbo taxiing to gate in the background.
Emirates Airbus A380-800 Super Jumbo arriving at gate.
Thai Airways Boeing 747-400 Jumbo taxiing to runway.
Air Transat Airbus A310 boarding.
Air Transat Airbus A310.
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