Cavalese Scenery

Following The Exodus Back to Germany

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August 15th 2009
Our trip to the Dolomites went very wrong, very quickly. We planned to go there on a Saturday and it seemed that most of northern Italy had the same idea. Given the traffic, it seemed that everyone goes to the Dolomites for the weekend. The only other possible reason could be that, since the motorway carries on into Austria and Germany, all the Germans finish their holidays on a Saturday. Anywa ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Dolomites

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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