Statue of Juliet

Verona And Bologna

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September 8th 2007
After leaving Venice we were flying out of Bologna to take advantage of some cheap flights (did we pay for that - but more of that later). On the way we decided to stop for a night at Verona, whose main claim to fame is as the setting for Romeo and Juliet. It was a two hour train trip to Verona and we arrived just after 2pm. From the train station we made our way towards town stopping at a hotel a ... 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