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Word: amalfi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more artistic and beautiful small cities in the world than Florence; and for sheer majesty and spaciousness Rome is in a class by itself; for Naples there is always the bay, Vesuvius and donkey carts; and for the most thrilling and picturesque drive in the world there's the Amalfi Drive. For more of antiquity there's Pompei; and for two of the most gracious of ancient temples certainly everybody goes to Paestum. And then there's Capri, where they don't know the "Isle of Capri"; and there's the Blue Grotto . . but who doesn't love Italy...

Author: By Christopher Janus, | Title: The Oxford Letter | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

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