Pisa

7/24 - Pisa and Montalcino

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July 24th 2007
Ciao! Well it's a Tuesday here, and we've been at the Villa for 4 glorious days. Yesterday we ventured off to Pisa. We selected Pisa for its location, 50 minutes from our Villa; and because, well, it's Pisa with the Leaning Tower. We were told that Pisa will only take an hour, but we ended up staying much longer. We thought the city was full of charm. Parking was the only draw back. I can not para ... 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