Monterosso Beach

Cinque Terre

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May 4th 2007
Buon Giorno! If there is any one place in Europe that I could spend the rest of my life living in (besides Granada of course!) it would be located somewhere along the tranquil western coast of Italy. Carla and I made a 5-day trip to Italy, but instead of our typical "gung-ho-run-around-and-see-everything-we-possibly-can-until-we-are-dead" style of traveling, we both agreed that this one was go ... 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