Things that are true and not in the brochures
Each collection groups facts that belong together and names the source for every one. Verified primary records open directly; a missing primary document is stated rather than hidden.
The Riace Bronzes, found underwater in 1972. AlMare, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Borders that make no sense
Six places where the map of Italy stopped agreeing with itself
The villages the state tried to move
What happens when a government orders a town to stop existing
What Vesuvius kept
The eruption of 79 is still producing new information, almost every month
Found by accident
A plough, a fishing net, a road widening, a wall that needed underpinning
The ground is moving
Volcanoes, glaciers and a caldera with half a million people living inside it
The rules Italians live with
Dress codes, entry fees, tourist taxes and a bridge waiting on an accounting court
Things that never stopped
A quarry working since 1387, a forest owned collectively since 1111, a mountain road cut by hand in nine months
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