Tower & Cathedral & Baptistry

Pisa

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March 24th 2014
Pisa Thursday was a great day. We traveled about an hour outside of Florence to the little town of Pisa with its famous leaning tower. I read in Mike’s latest blog that he was going to the tower of Pizza, I didn’t go there. I’m not sure where that is. The main attraction in Pisa is, of course, the tower, church, baptistery, and the cemetery. The area is called the “Field of Miracles”. ... 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