In your face- colour!- Burano

The Lagoon Islands.

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June 18th 2009
The Lagoon Islands. A trip to the lagoon islands makes a welcome break from the packed busy streets of the city. While walking over to the Fondamente Nuove, tourists became few and far between. The sun on my face, I enjoyed views over to San Michele (the island of the dead) and the snow capped Dolomites to the north. During the thirty minute vaporetto ride to Burano I sat back, half closed my e ... 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