Coral Sea (CVB 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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Street scene ARANTO, ITALY, is a seaport and fortified city on the southern shore. It is actually situated on a rocky island which lies between the Little Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. In ancient days, the city was called Tarenturn and was a proud possession of the Greeks. Today, as in years gone by, the main industry is its oyster and mussel ish- eries which occupies the time of most of the inhabitants, The houses and streets seem unusually small by today's standards. It was in 1940 that the British Air Force virtually knocked out the Italian battle fleet in the port of Taranto. Restaurant in Tnranto -4.3

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Cnvnlln, the town and the port :gf Rhodes, the bay as seen from the castle In Pllzllernn Buy Island of Corfu. the old fortress

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HE ETERNAL CITY lies on both banks of the Tiber River ll surrounded on its outer edges by an ancient wall. Centered in Rome is the Vatican City, administrative center of the Roman Catholic Church. History records ROIHC'S first settlement in 800 B.C. Here may be found the most comprehensive display of ancient archi- tecture in the world today. It was Augustus, Ro1ne's First emperor who claimed he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. Basillicn of St. Pauls outside the walls, Rome. limi' ,, .1 MJ St. Jolm's Basilica' RUN? , 'E 1 St. Peters, Rome. The hotel where we stayed in Rome