the steep-ness

Urbino: The town that has my name everywhere.

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June 2nd 2007
We all piled into our infamous bus with our even more infamous driver, GianCarlo, and headed to the town of Urbino. The big deal about Urbino: il Palazzo Ducale (the reason my name ends up all over this place). This town was at the top of the hill, marked by the breathtaking views (reference the photos!) and the steepest hill I've ever climbed. Not even that relatively short, but very steep, hill ... 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