Giganto

Pisa

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May 24th 2008
The weather looked a bit rough, so we grabbed the car and drove 120km down to Pisa. Checked out the tower etc. (Decided it wasn’t worth - A$50!!!! - to go to the top), then had some Pizza, and browse of the market stalls, and drove back to Monterosso by mid afternoon. By this stage the weather was great in Monterosso, so we put on the bathers, got a ‘ticket’ for our hotels section of the be ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

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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