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26 Aerial photos from Italy
from: Aeolic Islands | Apulia | Basilikata | Calabria | Campania | Latium | Southern Tyrol | Tuscany | Umbria | Veneto |
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Here at St. Bernardino Pass commander Hannibal crossed the Alps during the Second Punic War. He marched his army with
55000 warriors and 37 elephants over the 2788m pass.
Today a paved road connects the Rhone Valley in Switzerland with the Aosta Valley in South Tyrol.
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Picture taken 3.9.2005 -
aerial photo #0005-0160
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Once a year the idyllic village Diamante in Calabria
invites chily eaters to the ''Red October'' festival.
They even founded a Peroncini academy. The visitors
enjoy the fiery chocolate. Connoiseurs accredit the
speciality to be an aphrodisiac.
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Picture taken 25.4.2006 -
aerial photo #0007-0107
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Volcano Stromboli is one of the most active volcanos
in the world. For 2000 years it continously shows volcanic activities. At its North shoulder a hot stream of lava and ashes flows down to the sea.
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Picture taken 25.4.2006 -
aerial photo #0007-0117
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