Rio Maggiore

Cinque Terre

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September 18th 2007
Our First Free Weekend in Italy! We decided to stay central to our city since it was only a two day weekend so we took a train to Cinque Terre on Saturday morning! Cinque Terre is a beautiful coastal region named for its three unique cities/towns lining the coast. They are all only accesible by train or by foot. We stayed in Rio Maggiore, the first coastal city, which was absolutely gorgeous ... 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