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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]
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] Blog: 1st Weekend trip
Date: June 25th 2008
The first weekend trip we went on was to Taormina, which was fairly close to where we were, about a 30 minute drive. We went to the Naxos Museum, which is where all the artifacts from previous work on our site are displayed. We got a tour from the Italian archaeologist that is one of the head directors of our dig, who actually did the previous work on our site. He also took us to a very tasty past ... read more
Date: June 25th 2008
The first weekend trip we went on was to Taormina, which was fairly close to where we were, about a 30 minute drive. We went to the Naxos Museum, which is where all the artifacts from previous work on our site are displayed. We got a tour from the Italian archaeologist that is one of the head directors of our dig, who actually did the previous work on our site. He also took us to a very tasty past ... read more
