Brumby (DE 1044) - Naval Cruise Book

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process food, refine oil, repair railroad equip- ment, manufacture iron and steel, and produce chemicals and leather goods. Westward, tunnels which have improved Naples traffic problem. Tours were arranged to visit the excavations of Pompeii and to see the crater of Mt. Vesuvius Mt. Vesuvius can be seen plainly across the bay. The ship pulled into the large harbor of Bar- celona, Spain on 6 April. Barcelona is Spain's chief industrial city and one of the busiest ports in the Med. It was the capital of old Catalonia and was the center of separatist movements until its capture in 1937 ended the Spanish civil war. Beside fleet landing is Puerta de la Paz, a square dominated by a 200-foot monument to celebrating the return of Columbus from the new world. A replica of the Santa Maria'i is tied up in the harbor. Leading away from this plaza toward the heart of the city is Rambla de Cataluna. It is atree lined shopping street with flower markets, Spanish handicrafts, and song birds for sale. Along each side are dozens of shops. On the right is the old Gothic quarter with its narrow winding streets and on the left is the Chinese quarter. Barcelona has two hills. Tibidabo is topped by an amusement park and rises to 2000 feet. Mont-

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theater is one of the largest and most famous opera houses in the world. Its gloomy, dirty exterior gives no hint of the sparkling chandeliers and white and gold interior. Naples has well over two hundred churches. San Gennaro was constructed in the 13th century and is dedicated to St. Januarius the patron saint of Naples. The Santa Shiara is a 14th century Gothic Cathedral. The Capodimonte ftop of the mountainl over- looking the city and the bay of Naples is the city of the Royal Palace of Charles of Bourbon. He wanted to have the grandest hunting lodge in Europe and certainly must have. Today the palace is an art gallery containing Italian, Flemish, and Spanish masterpieces and local ceramics dating from 1737. The area around the palace includes a large land- scaped public park and the Piazza Reale, also there is a cameo factory on the mountain which is a ,popular stop for fine cameo. It is one of Italy's most important and contains sculpture, paintings, bronzes, and the decorative and utilitarian items taken from the excavations of the cities of Hercu- laneum and Pompeii. Its archaeological displays are of the most extensive in the world. Eastward from the center of Naples 1195 a large industrial complex along the bay. Factories C if ' i r L 1 R f 1 Xb MBI: .J-W' ?'vi-,--- , K n 58-:L . Q-1 , 4 -n , . N in Ajxv ' -, . -'A'.W '?s..NA N:'r 1l.:! Q l - In . X K 5-r . sg K .3 4 NJN W xu t ip it T151 xg K so -M ,. xl WX was ,I -xx. X ttp.tttt.pl.pXpX 4

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