Navigating Florence

Tuscany?....Why not!

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February 1st 2007
Nice cheap Ryan Air tickets and two students in need of a bit of travel combined to form a three day trip to Tuscany. Arriving at Pisa airport early Monday morning, myself and Colin spent most of the day walking round the town of Pisa. For both of us this was our first time in Italy so it was very exiting. It wasn’t long before we stumbled upon one of the most iconic structures in the Europe, ... 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