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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]
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] Blog: Firenze, Cortona, Arezzo
Date: June 1st 2007
On the way up from Rome to Florence/Firenze I stopped for a couple of days in the Tuscan Hills. Due to poor planning I did not have any small change on me when I got off the train to take the bus, so I had to walk the six kilometers uphill in a thunderstorm to get to Cortona. No change for a fifty euro bill. Anyway, it was an invigorating walk, though I was pretty soaked when I got there, even wi ... read more
Date: June 1st 2007
On the way up from Rome to Florence/Firenze I stopped for a couple of days in the Tuscan Hills. Due to poor planning I did not have any small change on me when I got off the train to take the bus, so I had to walk the six kilometers uphill in a thunderstorm to get to Cortona. No change for a fifty euro bill. Anyway, it was an invigorating walk, though I was pretty soaked when I got there, even wi ... read more
