Florence

Fired Up about Firenze

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September 30th 2005
I rolled out of the hotel bed in Rome and headed to the train station. At last minute I made up my mind about taking a detour to Firenze, otherwise known as Florence. With ten minutes to spare, I rushed to my seat on Italy’s premier high-speed train. After taking trains in Japan, Germany, and even Spain, Italy’s trains seemed old and rackety. On the train I broke down and used my cell ... 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