Basalt & Black Travertine Created the Stripes

but there are still interesting details at the capitals

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Visiting the Medieval Village of Orvieto in Umbria - Oct 27 - 30, 2017

October 30th 2017
Oct 27-30, 2017 Orvieto The remainder of our birthday week trip took us for a few days to one of many Umbria hill towns, Orvieto. We hopped back on the train from Rome which took us to the base of the volcanic plug which Orvieto is situated on top of. In fact there are two parts of the town, the modern lower part where the train arrives and the one we were headed to, the medieval upper ... 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

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