Riomaggiore 'Beach'

Ciao Now Brown Cow

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July 5th 2008
Whilst all you suckers were slaving away at work, we were living it up where the wealthiest of wealthy Italians head for their holidays - Cinque Terra, Portofino, Santa Margherita....life is really tough at the top (of Italy). Our first port of call was sunny Pisa where we took the obligatory photos of the tower and due to an unfortunate event of brain-lapsing, all photos of the visit were dele ... 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