Great Aunt Maria

Searching for the Candidos

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October 17th 2005
17/10/05 - We left Mel to stop in at a small town 10kms up the road to see if we could try and locate my (Lorenza) grandfathers sister, Maria. We were given an address by an aunty who was a bit sketchy on the details but our previous hosts were able to correct the spelling and point us in the right direction. We get to the town, we find the street, and we find the house number. This is too easy ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Belluno

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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