A nice view...

I have no idea who is depicted by the statue. My remark that it looked a bit like Jesus wrapped in a marble blanket was met with a stony stare.

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Impressions of Italy, Part 1

November 5th 2009
The number of readers of the blog seems to be dramatically decreasing. I would somehow like to blame this on the financial crisis, and get some kind of government payout, and this actually seems like a possibility. Anyhow, perhaps I have misjudged my audience and no one wants to read about idiotic wooden lawn ornaments (see "Fantastic Wooden Heroes") and other obscurities of my addled mind. W ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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