Place · Town
San Giorgio (near Vesuvius)
San Giorgio a Cremano is a city and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in southern Italy. It is located on the foothills of Mount Vesuvius to the west of the volcano and the Tyrrhenian Sea, and is five kilometres to the south east of the centre of Naples. The municipality has views of Mount Vesuvius, Mount Somma and the Bay of Naples.
In the book
San Giorgio a Cremano, below Vesuvius: during the March 1944 eruption Lewis passes its roadblock on the way to the threatened towns, and draws rations from the South Africans stationed there.
Appears in 1 diary entry.
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March 22 1944
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