Walking around Pisa

Day 69

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April 2nd 2007
We spend today in Pisa - part of the day at least. We had another tour this morning, actually more of a stand in the square and point. Pisa is very small and the only things to see are the Tower, the Duomo, and the Baptistry, and they are all right next to each other. After the tour we were all wondering what we were going to do for 3 hours in Pisa on our own. There was one little market place ... 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