The Mummies

Italian Mummies

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April 13th 2009
It was a beautiful day this morning and I went out early to take some photographs. The house were we are staying has vineyards out the to one side and spring wild flowers all around it. On such a clear blue morning, it is a wonderful place to wake up. We hadn't managed to get a hold of my parent's for Easter, so in the afternoon we headed over to the farm and called them over the computer using ... read more

Europe » Italy » Friuli-Venezia Giulia » Gemona del Friuli

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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