Ortigia at dusk

Siracusa, Italy

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September 21st 2007
We went down to Siracusa in August of 2005 to see my friends Federica and Georgino get married. It was beautiful. We stayed in Ortigia, which is the historic center and travelled around the southeastern part of Sicily a little bit. I was there with Kampari, Zava, Galvin, and Kirby. ... 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