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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]
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] Blog: Milan
Date: June 8th 2008
We've had some security checks and passport control on the trains before, but when crossing over into Italy from Switzerland, boarder security were pretty intense. I thought we might get kicked off the train, we get a few puzzled looks when we show our Italian passports and then cant respond to their questions in Italian, but never have they called head office to quote our passport numbers to chec ... read more
Date: June 8th 2008
We've had some security checks and passport control on the trains before, but when crossing over into Italy from Switzerland, boarder security were pretty intense. I thought we might get kicked off the train, we get a few puzzled looks when we show our Italian passports and then cant respond to their questions in Italian, but never have they called head office to quote our passport numbers to chec ... read more
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