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San Gimignano, Italy -A Beautiful Tuscan Hill Town!

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September 25th 2007
It's the last day in Italy for us and we started the day out early to get to San Gimignano. We took the public bus for around $5 Euro about 2 hours outside of Florence. San Gimignano is a romantic Tuscan hill town surrounded by vineyards and beautiful countryside. This particular hill town is known for its medieval towers. The town use to have nearly 60-70+/- stone towers, however only a handf ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » San Gimignano

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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