Abbazia di Sant'Antimo

The First Week

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January 13th 2008
This week qualifies in the top three best weeks of my life. I have a feeling every week here is going to have a similar description. Classes here don’t start until the week after next, this week has been orientations and tours. The first two days were mostly sitting in a room being educated about life here, about rules in the villa, an Italian state police officer came in to teach us how to pro ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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