Sunset over Firenze

the pendulum

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September 6th 2004
Last night I felt in me the rise of loneliness. Yesterday I planned on walking to an area called Oltrarno, across the Arno river, to another part of Firenze more with street more quiet, calm and filled with beauty. As things have proved themselves to me so far, I happen upon the most mysterious and amazing things by chance. So a walk through the quiet streets in Oltrarno (a Sunday afternoon) let m ... 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