The stallion

The Travellers of Venice

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September 12th 2007
Back to Florence to pick up Baz, our coach driver, as he was lucky enough to have a couple of days off, and we were on the road to Venice. We made a detour to the lovely town of Verona - ring any bells? Yes the town where Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is set. The story is actually based upon the story of Giuleitta Sagragatti and they have a bronze statue in memory of her in the courtyard of the ... 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