San Francesco - Burial Place of St Francis of Assisi

Umbria - Untouched Italy July 2010

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July 27th 2010
We were supposed to be in Prague for the 4 July Long Weekend - we even had the flight tickets. Unfortunately I wasn't aware of the restrictions on flying in your last month of pregnancy when I booked so our non-refundable budget air tickets went to waste! As we were limited to a driving holiday, we decided on a relaxing long weekend in Umbria. We hadn't previously visited this area but had heard a ... 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