Juliette's Balcony

Italy

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October 2nd 2012
We left Lake Maggiore yesterday for Venice. Stopped in Verona on the way. In Verona saw Juliette's balcony and the well preserved Arena where they still have concerts and they also have an Opera season there. The statue of Julliette gets a lot of action as you can see. We arrived in Venice in late afternoon, checked into he hotel and then Ange and I strolled around St. Mark's square 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