Duomo Baptistry

Saturday in Siena

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March 18th 2014
It seems an age since I last blogged. We have been busy and Mike and I both were out of commission for a couple of days with bad allergies. But all is better now. Our classes are going along OK. The students are showing up so we think they must be enjoying the classes. Most of our classes are at night as the students work and go to university. Thursday we went into Florence to see the baptis ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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