Cinque Terre 2

From Cinque Terre to Florence

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April 27th 2009
I have fallen in love with this part of the world, Cinque Terre translates to 5 lands in english and is the most amazing place I have seen in the whole time I have traveled. (Cappa thanks for telling us about it). The 5 lands we vistited are: Riomaggiore, Manarola, corniglia, Vernazza and Montirosso. As you can see from the pictures the houses look as though they are carved into the mountains a ... 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