Stairs in Messina

Messina

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April 24th 2024
Started the day with a beautiful sunrise from the balcony at Hotel Palladio. Later there were cruise ships outside our hotel. Two ships were just arriving and then tendering passengers into Naxos. We had breakfast at the hotel and then checked out. The next planned stop was Messina. Pedro filled the Taigo with gas from the station across from our hotel and then we were off on the tollway to Messin ... 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