San Marcos (LSD 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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Rapallo Wccpiea Naples, in the department of Campania, is the third largest city of Italy, and is second only to Genoa as a seaport. The Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe, is located in Naples U. S, Naval commands in Naples include COMNAV- ACTSMEDXCOMPAIRMED, NAVSUPPACT, NOACT, and NAVSECGRUDET, A group of Greek refugees founded the city in 600 BC and named it Neapolis, or New City. Though it remained a center of Greek culture, Naples was passed on to the Romans in 29OBC, Since then it has been under the rule of Belisarius, Totila, the East Roman Empire, Neapolitan dukes, the Germans, French and Spanish. Some of the tourist attractions of Naples are Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the is- land of Capri. Those of us who wished to buy souvenirs were directed to the Via Santa Lucia, the Via Chiaia, or the Via Constantinopoli, where cameos, jewelry, silks, rugs, and ceramics may be bought at reason- able prices. Monument to Victor Emanuel Night scene.

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l B l I 9 S I E 2 l Harbor entrance 1 Taranto situated in the district of Apulia has a population of just under 200 O00 A The site of one of the Italian Navy s four major bases Taranto is the headquarters of the Commander in Chief Italian Naval Forces During World War Two it was at Taranto that planes from the British ship H M S Illustrious crippled Italy s sea power in a matter of mere hours Built by the Greeks in 707 B C it was soon a prosperous thriving city Since then it has had a violent history having seen the rule of the Romans Byzantines, and the Saracens Some of the attractions of Taranto are the caverns near the sea the Municipal Gar den and the National Museum Naturally the crew made it to some of the local bars and the Italian Navy was kind enough to share the use of both their Officers Club and their Enlisted Mens Club in a gesture of international friendship 1-mwah Military Academy 1 I I l , . Y J 7 ' . . , . . , I - - , . 7 I 0 I . . , . . ., y - I 7 5 a l 1 4 1 , , - , . .3 9 2 'N V 7 I 1 J A i 1 i F 5 f l 1 'QI 1 : .I I 1 I ' SN J Q ,,. , 1 s 1 . 7 X , 1 N , , - V , I A V , 2. I 1 . ,v Q X I i 'M ' - -xx f I fi it-ry w .Ek f 2 , l 1 3, 1 I I J 1 . ' - Q' , , 1 ' A ,. It v Y 3 i 5 1 f 1, y 1 ,R an , F1 9 'Z A . 4 A , 46 y ' - ff 44 , .