Villa Petrea relax day 190919 3 Villa Petrea

Villa Petrea relax day

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September 19th 2019
All the tours we had organised have now finished so today is a day for relaxing around the villa and the village of Bucine. Shelley and I walked into the village, through the vineyards surrounding the villa. Harvest time is next month (October) so all the grapevines are loaded with bunches of dark purple grapes. The afternoon was spend reading by the pool, chatting and having a spa in the sp ... 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