Everyone's on holidays 09 Layer and layers

Everyone's on holidays

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August 1st 2006
Geo: 44.2198, 11.7043Left the hostel and caught the bus to the train station and the train to Ferrara. Through reading my guide book, it sounded like an okay place for a day drip. The interesting part of town is at least 1km from the train station. On the way, noticed that many small businesses were closed for the holidays- in August most of the country goes away for holidays. The main attractio ... read more

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Ferrara

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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