Old Verona

Verona

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May 13th 2017
Geo: 45.4448, 10.9995Walking tour of Verona this morning. Super weather; clear skies with the temperature reaching 26 degrees. Then in the late afternoon a talk by the co-author of the book (then 2010 movie) "Letters to Juliet" and another tour dinner.The author Ceil Friedman described how each year thousands of love-torn Dear Dorothy letters addressed to Juliet are received by the ... read more

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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