A back alley in Florence

Firenze e Siena

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October 20th 2005
Last weekend we left Friday for Florence. We got into town, threw down our bags and went to San Lorenzo and saw quite possibly the ugliest room ever. The idea was to have walls designed like an exterior on the interior and to my tastes the result was disasterous. This place was owned by some wealthy family and had a huge Library where the books were layed on on sort of pews and a sign at the en ... 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