A goat hold-up

Giganti della Sila

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May 11th 2008
11 May 2008 A dull and sometimes rainy day with a lot of driving when we moved up the toe of Italy, crossed between the east and west coasts a couple of times and had a gem in the middle of the day. We left Stilo and went inland on a very twisty road up into the mountains with great views. Finally we reached the A3 autostrada on the west coast and followed this north before turning inland 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