The town below

Back to the mainland

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May 10th 2008
10 May 2008 It was time to leave Sicily today which made us sad. We’ve seen interesting and in some cases unique ancient buildings, lovely and vibrant towns and cities and beautiful coast and hills. We’ve had our adventure on Etna. But the abiding memory will probably be the friendliness and helpfulness of the people. We drove to Messina, had an uneventful ferry crossing, traversed around t ... 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