The Garden

ITALY 1

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May 31st 2005
"You can't go wrong with Italy"; so said Chis Langham's character in the satirical sitcom 'The Thick of It', and after two trips there I think he's probably right. I'd never been to Tuscany before mind, my first excursion to this Latin delight being a thorough investigation of Lombardy with my parents circa 1992. It was in fact my first trip outside of the British Isles and a very pleasant exp ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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