Venice

Venice and Cinque Terre

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May 16th 2006
This blog entry will cover the last part of my "European Vacation," specifically Venice, Cinque Terre, and Vicenza. These are the areas in Italy that Jim and I checked out in the limited time we had in the country. Most of you are familar with Venice. Many of you are familiar with Cinque Terre (travel writer Rick Steves raves about it). But how many of you are familiar with Vicenza? Well, V ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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