Cartwheeling

La Torre di Pisa

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April 5th 2012
After a hearty breakfast that included lovely fresh eggs, fruit (and cornetti for Jake), we headed back to our car to take the drive to Pisa and visit the famous leaning bell tower. Pisa is about an hour away from Firenze, with most of the drive time getting out of the city and also navigating into Pisa. There were not many tourists at the attraction, which made it easy for us to walk around ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

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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