Perugina Chocolate Factory

Perugia

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July 16th 2008
What a bit of luck; its Jazz week festival time, and we are in town. So after a leisurely morning by our pool, we headed into the capital of this region. First stop was for the kids, during normal siesta, the famous Perrugian chocolate factory that make the “Baci” chocolates. Everyone having a love note inside. So we went on a chocolate factory tour, sat and listed to a talk about chocolate an ... 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