Colourful waterfront

Moving towards Rome

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April 6th 2008
6 April 2008 We were due to move on from Menaggio to start the 650k drive to Rome but realised that we hadn’t looked around the town. So before we left we followed the walking tour which had previously been provided by the tourist office. This led us along the colourful edge of the lake and then up steep and narrow lanes past the remains of the castle. We eventually got going about 11 and a ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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