Castel Vecchio exterior

Verona

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March 5th 2006
The first stop on our intense itenerary, Verona is home to an ancient Roman Arena, a Medieval Castle with a modern interior intervention by Carlo Scarpa, and the legendary balcony of Shakespeare's Juliet. ... 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