Driving the narrow streets

Tuscan Hilltop Towns

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September 20th 2007
Salve! Yesterday we spent the morning and early afternoon driving through some of the hill top towns close to Montepulciano. Even though you think that each town will be the same, you are always surprised about what is in each town. The building designs differ slightly, the flavour of each town, the shops and how narrow the streets are! Certainly driving to the top of some of these towns can p ... 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