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The Veneto

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July 6th 2007
Leaving Lago Maggiore was hard after such an amazing time with Luisa and Eduardo. We packed up the Fiat and drove about 4 hours to Vicenza where we had set up accommodations at a small studio apartment, sleeping on a futon. We knew nothing of Vicenza, only that it was a good home base to explore Venice and Verona. The apartment was very cute and Vicenza turned out to be a very mellow, classy town ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Vicenza

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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