View from Cortona

Cortona Tuscany

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June 7th 2008
I know I say this at every new place we go to but this place is wonderful. It’s a small town in Tuscany and it’s just delightful. So picturesque, unfortunately we’ve only here for one day/night and it’s rainy but even in the rain I love it. We arrived at lunchtime and the hostel wasn’t open so we took shelter in a little Trattoria for some cheap authentic Tuscan food, most dishes were 5 ... 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