Walls of Lucca

Can you believe that two lines of trees are growing on the walls around Lucca? It's basically now a very beautiful park that surrounds the city. I couldn't get over how wide the walls were.

Lucca & Florence

September 20th 2005
(Posted Oct. 2nd by Kim) We started out our second day in Florence by going to the Pitti Palace, a museum with some famous paintings (including some by Raphael), lots of not-so-famous paintings, sculptures, and some VERY beautiful and amazing mosaics. While the Uffizi has more famous works, we chose the Pitti because Joe and I were more interested in the mosaics, and the fact that it had a sho ... read more

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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 establis... ... read more

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