Naples, Italy (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"I thought of Virgil’s tomb in Naples and how he wasn’t actually there because his ashes were lost in mysterious circumstances in the Middle Ages."

"a Spaniard who had been with the army that took Naples in 1734--the father of Don Joséonino y Redondo, Count of Floridablanca, who was Charles III's chief minister."

"on the walls those weird swatches of wallpaper you sometimes used to see in Italian restaurants: columns from Rome or Naples, with the Mediterranean in waves going off to the far comers of the room,"

"But figured second-tier hotties like Naples, Leipzig, and Canberra were definitely in play."