in st. lorenzo market...apparently the pig brings you good luck if you rub it's nose

Firenze

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March 16th 2007
My second week off happened to be only two weeks after I returned from my first break, but I was eager and excited to get back into travel mode and explore Italy and Spain for the following ten days. The first stop was Florence, Italy where a few of my friends from Fairfield are currently studying, so I was excited to meet up with them. Celeste and I started our trip by taking a night train from ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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