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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: Italy and Croatia
Date: August 16th 2006
Florence/ Milan/ Croatia It was hundreds of years ago in the southern parts of Europe that the ‘medieval times’ of armed conflict, disease and poverty started to change; and it was Firenze (Florence), in the heart of Italy, where the businessmen, powerful families and clergy started to fund the arts and sciences. Florence today houses some 20% of the world’s classical art- an amazing am ... read more
Date: August 16th 2006
Florence/ Milan/ Croatia It was hundreds of years ago in the southern parts of Europe that the ‘medieval times’ of armed conflict, disease and poverty started to change; and it was Firenze (Florence), in the heart of Italy, where the businessmen, powerful families and clergy started to fund the arts and sciences. Florence today houses some 20% of the world’s classical art- an amazing am ... read more
