Bordelon (DDR 881) - Naval Cruise Book

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( ' -iiiMnntiiie rrli ie« of statues :it the Htndium. ■ :isilr - i nseln. tiirc |iic bridge over tin Tiber, Pyramid of Cains estlas.

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LEGHORN JTeghorn, more properly Livorno, is one of the busiest seaports in Italy. The cit is modern and well-built, but retains many canals, which makes it look not unlike Venice. Leghorn began as a small fishing village ol the Pisans and was later taken over by the Florentines in 1421. This thriving port iit served as a launching point for several interesting tours fry members of the Sixth Fleet. There was a tour to the little i it) of Pisa, with its ancient structures, the most Famous of which is the leaning tower. There was Florence, the cultural center of yesterday ' s giant painters: Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, Giotto and Raphael; and yesterday ' s leaders of thought and literature: Dante and Machiavelli. Other tours take in points all the way from Rome to Switzerland. The Bnptlnters In I ' Imi, [tub SniloM imisn throuffh Constant tnc Irch,

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The beach at Yiareggio. Looking over the Port of Vino, Italy Viareggio ' s harbor and canal River Arno and city of Pisa.