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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: The Bridge Over The River Arno
Date: May 2nd 2011
Date: May 2nd 2011
26th April -1st May 2011 - Florence, Pisa, Lucca
Florence felt immediately different from any other town in Italy so far. Bologna had given the impression of a place built for crowds but now lacking them, the inhabitants wandering through the monumental colonades in a manner that rather fancifully I likened to the Britons eking out a living in the partially abandoned Roman cities after ... read more
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