In the gorge, to gauge its size look for Wendy in the bottom of the picture

The Gorroppu Gorge

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May 10th 2011
10 May 2011 We had a successful visit to the Gorroppu Gorge today making an early start to miss the midday heat. The gorge is one of the deepest in southern Europe with 200m sheer walls. The two hour walk in was through beautiful scenery along paths sometimes under shady arches of trees and past many flowering shrubs. The gorge, when we got there, was every bit as spectacular as we expected ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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