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Jul 03

a dream city for tourists: Palermo

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A 2023 survey by Travel + Leisure invited readers to vote on the world’s most beautiful cities. Clearly the answer differed for everyone, but see their non-exhaustive list of the world’s 25 most beautiful cities. I chose Palermo.transport from Southern Italy to SicilyOn Sicily's Nth coast the...

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May 19

Pope Benedict IX: young, often enthroned.

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Theophylactus of Tusculum (c1020–c1056) became the youngest pope ever as Pope Benedict IX. The date of his birth was uncertain but his first papacy DID start in 1032. Benedict was great-grandson of Marozia, a powerful Roman politician who ?was mistress of Pope Sergius III. Via Marozia,...

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