Meat market in Bologna

Tranquil Bologna

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May 24th 2007
Family lore has it that Jose’s great, great grandfather, Luigi Querzola, came from Bologna. We went to the records office to see if we could find his birth certificate. Unfortunately, the helpful clerk was unable to find any information on him or children born to Domenico and Francesca Querzola (Luigi’s parents) around 1825. We could fill this blog with a detailed inventory of the day wanderi ... read more

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Bologna

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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