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Bologna The Fat

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July 4th 2007
It may seem silly to travel to a city for the sole purpose of eating one dinner, but that is how I roll. Bologna has a reputation for being the best food city in a country that loves to eat. Beyond the food, it was nice to be in a part of Italy that was void of famous sites and the requisite tourists. Bologna has a gritter feel than the other cities in Italy that we have visitied. The first lo ... 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