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Italia Grandiosa - Orvieto

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May 8th 2008
Italia Grandiosa - 8 May 2008 - Orvieto Woke up at 6 today. Packed my bags and had breakfast. We left at 8.30 towards Orvieto. It was a long drive to Orvieto. We stopped at an Autogrill for some coffee. I bought salami and a ham to take with me. At 12.00 we arrived at Orvieto. Orvieto is a small town on a cliff. At Orvieto we took a pull train up to town. We walked towards the cathedral and we ... read more

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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