Castle in daylight

A castle, a Carlo, and a crazy italian landlord

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September 12th 2007
Ciao tutti! Okay so here are some highlights of the past few days (oh you knew it was only a matter of time until I started making lists): 1) Yesterday we went on a night tour of Castello Sforzesco. It's this huge 550 year old castle right in the middle of downtown Milan. Can you imagine any kind of equivalent of that in the US? It's crazy. So anyway, we went at night because you can climb u ... 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