Pistoia

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Italy 10 - Barga and Pistoia -Old ladies and their sticks

May 29th 2009
Spring in Italy - what does it conjure up? Warm weather, sunshine, light showers and wild flowers everywhere. What did we get today - heavy rain as the Heavens opened. Rain falling like stair rods splashing in the deep puddles. There is a welsh saying about heavy rain - it sounds like old ladies with their sticks and this summed up the noise of the rain falling. Thunder claps filled the air and fo ... read more

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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

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