mercato

see the iron pieces on the pillar? they were used the measure fabric back in the day. That round thing was used to measure out the right amount of grain

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Verona

February 16th 2008
So it has been a while since I have updated this thing so I guess I'll start at my last trip out of Ferrara. With the group I went to Verona... which is the home of the famous tale of Romeo and Juliet. We did a morning walking city tour, but it was so cold that I don't remember much of what we did. We did however go and stop by the balcony at the house of Juliet (although the one in the picture wo ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona

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

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