Looking up at portico

Maranello, Staying With Good Fellow(s)

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June 20th 2008
We had the good fortune of staying with friends in Maranello. Chris and Fiona live in a restored 400 year old residence. Their section was originally the horse stables. Our time in Maranello was very relaxing and Fiona and Chris were the ‘ hosts from heaven’, even supplying us with our own apartment. Maranello is known for two main reasons, its production of ceramics ( not fine china, but t ... 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