Florence by Night

Firenze

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June 6th 2006
Florence, Italy: Finally, we have arrived in Italy. We have been waiting to get here practically since we arrived in Europe. Every day of rain and sub-50 degree weather, which was every day until now, we kept Italy in our sights. We knew that heading south into Italy would bring us the weather we wanted, and we were right! Not only was the weather that much better, but the people were too! We i ... 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