Some Italians.

Montalcino by Jake Stewart

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March 26th 2008
The frames of our bus windows filled with the darkness of the Montalcino night. Standing from the seats seemed an inconceivable notion, as their warm embrace had carried us from Venice to a deep corner of Tuscany. Had we not chosen to leave the bus it may have carried us onward, a shaky magic carpet sweeping us across the country. Though had we not left the bus driver with the peace he had truly e ... 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