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Background: Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI established a Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, sluggish economic growth, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the prosperous north.

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By naninarizona
September 30th 2005

Site of General Chapter Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi

M. Miriam and Sr. Rita are travelling to Assisi for General Chapter. They will visit Florence on the way there. · other traveller's photos · Links to other photos: · map · Postcards from Assisi · 2 · 3 · 4 · [url=http://w [View Full Entry]

By Stephanie
September 10th 2005

Cacia, Norcia, Spolleto Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

Hi all! Today is Saturday the 10th (happy birthday Harry!) and yesterday was the mandatory Arcadia field trip. The whole group of 150 + was split into 4 buses and taken to places which we were not told until the trip was underway. We went to the little out of the way towns of Cacia, Norcia and Spolleto. In Cacia we went to a church dedicated to St. Rose, who is the patron of the impossible as well as families. We saw her tomb and it was creepy for some people who had never seen how they lay the dead saints [View Full Entry]

By Stephanie
September 6th 2005

Ciao! Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

Veiw from Market

Hello all! It is my first week here in Perugia. It is an amazing city! Everything is so incredible...huge old buidling, stone arches, fountains everywhere, and the view of the Italian countryside is breathtaking. I hope to post pictures, not that they do justice to the beauty of the landscape. More to come soon. Arrividerci. - Stephanie [View Full Entry]

By Ster
September 3rd 2005

Rafting LE MARMORE Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

beautiful rapids

We caravanned from Frascati to Terni destination waterfall/rapids Marmore! It was a good day to go into the mountains of Italy for a bit of aqua-adventure. We joined the mountaineering club at ESRIN very last minute so we could participate in this outing. I really, didn't want to partake in the festivities being fearful of rapids. In the end I had committed and next thing I realize I'm down river with a paddle in my hand, yikes! Thankfully in the company of six men including the 'guide' to make sure I made it back to dry land alive! This was a [View Full Entry]

By Jeanette Halm
July 30th 2005

Ciao Tutti Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

Ciao ciao! I apologize for slacking and not updating my blog the past month. My month in Avignon was a long one because of school and the impossible heat in the south of France. But school is now done and over with and I can say contently that my undergraduate college career has come to an end. Thank god. I met up with Andy in Rome on Saturday and we went to the U2 concert at Olympic Stadium....oh so awesome. We had an excellent time, together with 50,000 other Italians. Getting home that night was a challenge as there were no [View Full Entry]

By camjotravels
July 8th 2005

The best of Italy Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

Bag of Goodies from Umbria

We left Liz's place at 4 AM for Heathrow airport by taxi. The journey took around 30min. Taxi was the only option at that hour of the morning (the train left at 230AM!). We joined the cue for checkin and this took around 2.5 hours because we had to wait for the Alitalia staff to open the checkin and then get to other flights checked before ours. We made the flight at 6:30 and arrived in Roma 3hrs later. The train from the airport to central station was straight forward - one train and one track. At Roma Termini however, there [View Full Entry]

By Grey haired nomads
March 17th 2005

Motorhome News from Europe 19 Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

Sorento

Motorhome News from Europe 19. Italy March 2005 Amalfi, snowchains and Assisi Capri is everything you could possibly ask for. Take away the tourists and you are left with the most wonderful and romantic destination imaginable. It’s just half an hour by ferry from Sorrento, rising steeply from the Med on the edge of the Bay of Naples. It was busy at the portside; in the summer they expect around 5,000 visitors each day, but once off the beaten track we saw few people. The coastline is truly spectacular, the emerald sea meeting the steep cliffs at every viewpoint and white [View Full Entry]

By Senta que la vem historia
May 16th 2004

"Senta que la vem historia!" - Gubbio Europe » Italy » Umbria

E nois no meio dus'loku

Gubbio è uma cidade muuuuuito louca da regiao Umbria. Tanto é verdade que se você quiser pode sair de la com um “Atestado de Louco” e funciona mesmo assim: 1- Va à papelaria e compre uma folha do atestado oficial de louco com o brasão da cidade e tudo. 2- Preencha os espaços em branco com seu nome, data e local de nascimento. 3- Va até a “Piazza dei Pazzi” (Praça dos loucos), escolha um cidadão eugubino (nascido em Gubbio) de minimo 3 gerações, que servirá de testemunha. 4- Tire a roupa e de 3 voltas peladão em torno da “Fontana [View Full Entry]

By Senta que la vem historia
April 16th 2004

"Senta que la vem historia!" - Spoleto Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

Teatro romano

Como toda a regiao Umbria, Spoleto é muito bonita, mas é meio “mortinha”. Vimos pouca gente em giro, so turistas, e como eram sempre os mesmos, acabavamos nos encontrando nos pontos turisticos... no fim a gente ja estava se cumprimentando: “Oi, tudo bem, voces por aqui!” Mas o bicho pega mesmo durante o “Festival dei due Mondi”, quando se encontram Europa e América para um festival anual de artes plasticas, musica, dança, teatro... este ano vieram muitos artistas do Brasil. A cidade é riquissima de historia antiga. Foi encontrado um teatro romano do i [View Full Entry]

By Senta que la vem historia
April 15th 2004

"Senta que la vem historia!" - Orvieto Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

Pozzo di San Patrizio

Orvieto é famosa pelo vinho, principalmente branco; pelo “Pozzo di San Patrizio”, profundo 62 metros, foi construìdo em 1527 por ordem do Papa Clemente VII, para salvar a cidade nos periodos de seca. Muito interessante principalmente porque existem duas escadas estreitas que contornam internamente o poço em forma de espiral, uma é somente de descida e outra de subida, que evitava encontros disatrosos entre os cavalos e burros que carregavam os contenidores de àgua;pelo Duomo (catedral), de arquitetura externa gotica, construida em marmore branco e preto e repleto de pequenos mosaic [View Full Entry]

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