Deruta ceramic plate

You'll appreciate this, Mom

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September 4th 2007
Today is rainy. I've just finished my morning sessions of Italian and have one hour until the afternoon session. We're having grilled cheese and soup. The exciting thing about today so far is that I've discovered that every Tuesday and Saturday people come from Deruta with ceramics. I won't have to go there at all because they bring the ceramics right to the center of town. I bought a small p ... 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