Cremona Church ceiling

Gala Dinner and winery tour

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June 29th 2007
Wednesday night was the Gala dinner where Professor Solow gives us each a certificate for attending the programn in front of the business leaders and local officials who help sponsor the program. It is the only formal event of the week and it was held in a nice hotel here in Iseo. One very nice surprise is that my dissertation adviser, Gary Ferrier, was there. (He is working on a project with the ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy

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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