Bassano del Grappa Clock

Good Luck in Love Was Not Getting Slapped or Arrested

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August 14th 2009
This is not one of the main tourist traps in Northern Italy, but there were some nice pictures in our guidebook that made it look like a nice picturesque little town, so we thought we would check it out whilst we were in that direction. One thing that we noticed about Italian towns (including this one) is that as you approach them by road, they look particularly industrial and unattractive, mak ... 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