Tuscan town from the train

Tripping through Italy II... Florence - Verona - Venice

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August 8th 2007
Passing through parts of Tuscany on the train from Rome to Florence was a bit special for me. I´ve long held a dream of exploring Tuscany, so it was good to see it, but as we weren´t making any detours into the countryside of the region, I contented myself with staring out the window of the fast train and mentally planning my future trip through Tuscany. In Florence we stayed at Michelangelo Ca ... 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