Tuscan Sunset!!

Siena

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September 18th 2007
Ciao! Today we spent the day in Siena which is Italy's best kept medieval city. We were lucky today when we found parking as they have an escalator which takes you up to the top of the city --- it was a nice break from all the climbing we have been doing! Once there we headed to the square which is quite large and was very busy. Next we made our way to the Duomo of Siena, a chuch dedicated to ... 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