Lucca 3

Trouble in the Homeland

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August 18th 2007
Trouble in the Homeland August 18, 2007 In previous blogs I made mention of August being the vacation month of all of Europe…well we got stung by this in my ancestral hometown of Lucca. My grandfather, Paul Selmi, emigrated from Italy in 1911. He was born in Lammari, Italy right outside the ancient Roman city of Lucca. We decided when planning our Italy itinerary (planned on the fly in Cr ... 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