Lake Lugano

Day 8 December 22

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December 22nd 2005
On route to Venice today, we stopped first at Lake Lugano for a stroll along the lake and the cobbled stone village streets. We enjoyed real Italian coffee and scrumptious Italians pastries and biscuits. Our next stop was the medieval town of Lugano, setting of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. We explored the shops and markets as we made our way to view Juliet’s house and balcony. We arri ... 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