San G Typical Narrow Street

Sightseeing

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March 7th 2014
Saturday was our little trip to the hill town of San Gimignano (sahn jee-meen-YAH-noh, I hope this helps). It is the epitome of a Tuscan hill town. It is unique because of it’s many towers, 14 of the original 72 still remain. It was rainy and misty so we were unable to take the picture from the high way that shows most of the towers so we just took a few pictures of individual towers when we arr ... 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