Etruscan Tomb

We also toured the Etruscan tombs that have been excavated just down the hill from the town of Orvieto. These tombs date from the first and second centuries, B.C.

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Trip Wrap-Up

June 2nd 2006
Today is our last day in Italy, and the time has gone much too quickly. We did no blogging in Orvieto, because they only seemed to have one Internet Point in the city, and that spot did not allow us to upload any photos. We are now back in Florence, and spent the day touring museums and the city in general. Tomorrow we board the plane early for Paris, and hope to make our connection to take ... 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

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