The summit ridge

Mount Limbarba

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May 26th 2011
26 May 2011 We were in the Sardinian province of Gallura, the highest point of which, Mount Limbarba has a road ascending most of the way to the top to a forest of television and mobile phone masts. So we drove inland and up numerous hairpins to the disfiguring masts. The summit was reached via a short walk and to reach the top Wendy needed to use the limit of her scrambling abilities. Then ... 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