Duomo in Florence

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

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December 13th 2010
Just a short one for you, with our day in Pisa... Day 71 Saturday, 11th December Today we caught the train from Rome to Florence, unfortunately our camera hadn’t arrived before we left so we will have to make it catch up to us in Austria. The staff at the Hotel Aberdeen were really really helpful with everything, so no worries about it getting lost… We arrived into Florence at 12.50pm and walk ... 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