Group from the Basilicata tour in front of the Presepe in Grassano

Happy Holidays!

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January 5th 2006
Happy Holidays! January 5, 2006 First of all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! How was everyone’s holidays? For Christmas I spent most of my time at the bar. I must say it was a very un-christmas-y Christmas for me, but still not terrible. On Christmas Eve I went to church at San Francesco, not midnight mass since we had to wake up early on Christmas. It was basically a normal mas ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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