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The town piazza (square) packed full.  
   

The town piazza (square) packed full.

Cheering on the Burros

August 25th 2008
Monte della Tolfa is about an hour and a half north of Rome. Despite being relatively close, it feels like an entirely different world. The day that we arrived we were invited to attend a local festival. We were driven into the heart of the small village and left to wander down to the piazza (town square). At once we noticed that this was not a low-key event. It appeared as if the entire town had ... read more
Europe » Italy

Italian Flag 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
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