Sunbathers on the roof

Milan

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October 25th 2012
25 October 2012 Many of the group made their own way home from Bologna. So after a series of goodbyes, five of us left for Milan, arriving at lunchtime. In the afternoon we went into the city centre for a couple of hours. Milan’s Duomo is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world. It’s built from local marble, is covered with a multitude of statues and has many spires both large a ... 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