Siena & surrounding Tuscany

Gorgeous Siena

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May 14th 2008
My first trip out of Florence was to Siena, which was absolutely gorgeous. Although the day started a bit too late (by the time i got to Siena it was almost 1 in the afternoon) it was still worth every minute. The weather was beautiful. I started with a wander through Siena's tiny streets. The whole town is on a hill, and the streets are pretty hilly, so every once in a while, at the end of one of ... 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