Italy 88 - the smallest town I have ever seen , the Siennese against the Florentines
May 1st 2015 Where in the world is Suzy Sundance today. She is parked below the most perfect of hilltop fortifications you would ever wish to see.
You know I talked about jigsaw puzzles when I talked about Castell Arquato well it is jigsaw time again. This time the picture is of a fort set above the beautiful perfectly manicured Tuscan countryside . Umberella Pines , pencil pines and a green landscape that
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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 
