Trento archery tournament

Trento

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September 7th 2007
We left Strigno and instead of taking the valley road to Trento we travelled via the mountains to the tiny town of Lausan, one of the Austrian strongholds during the wars. Trento is a Roman town founded in 1BC. The annual medieval archery tournament of "Palio delle Contrade", held between the 8 town segments or contrade, was being held in the old town square. People were wearing period costume an ... 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