going to the castle

Off To Taste Some Wine And See Some Castles In Conegliano Italy (Day Six)

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March 13th 2009
Friday the 13th and what better way to spend the day than seeing castles and tasting wine. as we hooped on the bus for yet another adventure we passed some new things along the way, well new in the form of we actually got a good picture this time around :-) Upon arrival we were pretty much free to roam the city so we wasted no time heading to the castle. It was a long walk up the hillside but ... 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