Duomo, Florence

Cranes and Canes

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August 18th 2006
Hi, We are in Florence for the day but have stayed the last two nights in a small town about an hour by bus out of Florence called Tavarnelle Val di Pesa. We wanted to escape from the big city atmosphere of Rome and we definitely found serenity in Tavarnelle... We spent the whole day yesterday walking around the small town and we are certain that we are the youngest people in the town, other th ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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