Clay gullies known as calanchi which surround Atri

Into Umbria

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May 15th 2008
15 May 2008 Today we made a lot of progress north on our journey up Italy through Abruzzo and into Umbria. In the morning we drove 350K on the Autostrade following the east coast, mainly through fairly boring flat lands. At lunch we stopped at a small attractive hill top town called Atri whose famous cathedral was unfortunately closed for restoration. Later we went inland for 170k alon ... 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