locks of love

In Fair Verona...

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December 26th 2009
Verona is much more than the fictitious setting for the most famous love story of all time. Sure you can join the tourist bus crowd to visit Juliet's supposed balcony and other bogus R/J related sites but that should be the least of your reasons to come here. This city of close to 300K inhabitants, feels vibrant,chic and thriving. A good counterpoint to the elegant decay and faded grandeur of Veni ... 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