at the entrance to the port

Cinque Terre II

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September 6th 2008
Vernazza to Riomaggiore was a bigger day than before. It is a twisty but wonderful path thru Corniglia and Manarola. It was pretty easy, but the closer we got to Riomaggiore the more day trippers we encountered. By the time we took our first steps on the Via della Amore it was like peak hour in Pitt Street. We hit Rio & headed straight for our hhotel. We walked up the hill to the very top o ... 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