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Torino Trip

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February 24th 2007
My friends and I felt like we needed to get away from Florence. We needed some fresh air, a new Italian city, and different scenery. We decided to go to Torino, where the winter Olympics were in 2006. Torino is a great place to go to really live like an Italian and take in what Italian cities are like. We bought a 2 day pass to get into all the museums for free and ride transportation for free. So ... read more

Europe » Italy » Piedmont » Turin

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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