Wendy buying her parmesan cheese in Parma

Parma

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June 7th 2011
07 June 2011 It was wet most of the day but we managed to grab a short break in the weather for a quick visit to Parma of ham and cheese fame. The building that particularly impressed us was the pink marble 13th century octagonal Baptistry. Over 30 years ago some friends of ours, Phil and Di, had lived in the village of Sirmione situated at the end of a peninsular on the south shore of Gard ... 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