Irsina

Irsina

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April 8th 2006
Hey everyone! I guess its finally time to describe where I have been living for the past five months, Irsina. The locals call it a "paese" or "paesino". In Italian "Paese" with an uppercase letter means country, with a lowercase letter it means town or village and with the ending -ino its a very small town or village. I have a great urge to call Irsina a village, but in reality its more like a t ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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