Sunset, Manarola

Sunset, Riomaggiore or Manarola?

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June 28th 2011
I think I am starting to think more like an Italian. I can't remember which town was which in the photos I took tonight, and I'm fairly unconcerned about it. (Sorry all you friends who may be planning a trip and would like to know!) We had a really funny train ride to Riomaggiore - completely in the dark, as the lights weren't working in our carriage and the train trip through th ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Riomaggiore

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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