Mum at Leaning Tower of Pisa

37th Day: Nice - Pisa - Montecatini

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July 9th 2008
Today we started the Italian part of the tour! It was a beautiful hot day again. We left Nice and dropped in at Monaco for a short while. We went inside the cathedral where Princess Grace is buried. We also saw the palace of the Grimaldis, the flag was flying which meant that Prince Albert was in town. We then drove on to Pisa! Coaches aren't allowed to get too close to the tower anymore b ... 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