Taconic (AGC 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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Salute to modern Italy's founder: Vittorio Emanuele II Monument and Tomb of Unknown Soldier Rome... Veni! Vidi! Vici! Those who ponied through Caesar's Gallic Wars found his home town very interesting. A delightful mixture of the modern with antiquity. . . USTINE CHAPEL5 , XQHAEL 5X.9AUl'5 ARCH OF ITRKUMPH M ANGELO - POPE ,V 1 fr, we '. m. W X ' i ' Y 4, . ! 5 - gf, ' Z S no 4 as i f WZ' X f n-KK l i' A 4 , :Xx I ' Xu 4 ggi Y-1 e 4- ' a ,L 'X ,X Q91 at i X 2 Q Z ' we T ' i 1 1 R X X R' , WW. 5 1' , 7? 'K Xpgzgv Xa? - if , .l s -MMM W-mums, ' 5 i X , WT WM--we-W-Q wx, Ai,X wWx.,.,g , , X , . ,Q .Xl ,f I , Q- ' V X K Y? - wif ' 35' X 'K Ye W1 7 ' ,r 1- . V L w ill ' ., fi A ' Q ,mf X5 'V - X ' , 5 - ' M . Mft' we J 'f , ff fi f-Q1 rw'-'f'-'N fm - 1 me , ' f ,s r i, qw , ff K Si fb fy-51 - pg re 7 .r Q ,X if X ,, 5 9 , in ' s f' 511 4' is - e i . 1, ' X sf-Q H gf iff if X rr., fl www'-vf X . , ,VM , , xt, 5 3 5 -.X 1 culgyg f -W u X -, f N., fi ' , W. 4 KL ' .. A Q Xt' .4 4 V, , f 1. M ,X 9-5295- X A+. , Nfimg I ., X 5 ,,X 2 , , , x I 44' . Xff . W' ., , es,-A ' f ' ,sizw iw 0, 4, 'f-'TQ is 95:83 .,4,,..,..x Y 1 , sf 2 X '7 K :X wx. .W M X,, XX X Xe f r :ff Q XX 'V X . ,X A Xi. - Q 5 X X f 'fW,,,'g, MX X ' X , f if 1f Q'i , V, ' P x X 'i 'll 5 9 X N X W ,ry ,,,, X ,M 1 wig , - X X , ms , X t - 3, X X -, ,X ' Af - K fn ,. . g n - X, ,f xtssfyszg, 'fr1y,gg,x5 f ' ,V ' s' X X yy- ,, XgQs,,iXmXe-XX5'sf fedxgwx , x f l X . f X we - if s X X i 4 .ef M 1 -,VX My 4 xv uf- 0 5,53--2 f, f, 5 Q'-ffm ap sf.-wfX fu, Q , XI' w . . M I ymwwvnmwww, ,u.XmsMssm'nreeegfw-.rw fe,,tX'.N,s:fu'n:1s.4,ssS.wxiZi ffwkv Ancient history-in the flesh: Moolern Roman Applan Way with vnoclern chownots The Arch of Constantzne and the Colosseum , 1. V K Xu h l rl , 1 A kv' 1 . , . - X. - I I 1 V A - ,, , -' V - , L, f ,- - , ' ' , - . ... ,

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Libeftg has its serious U10mQ11ts.. + Daring our stay in Naples we were privileged to make a tour of Rome, the highlight of iahich was an ailclieiice with his Holiness, Pope Pius XII, held in the Papal Palace, Vatican City