Leaning tower of Pisa

Michelangelo, Machiavelli and a guy named David.

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August 23rd 2008
Before we got to Florence we decided to make a pit stop in the culinary capital of Bologna. The city of Bologna is in the North of Italy and is the home of the famous Bolognase sauce, Lasagna and Tortellini. We arrived in the town in the middle of the day in the hottest month of the year to find that it was indeed hot and the walk to our accomodation was not much fun in the plus 35 degree heat. ... 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