Venazza

When my baby, when my baby smiles at me I go to Rio....maggiore

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June 22nd 2006
The village where we stayed was called Riomaggiore, in the Cinque Terre, Italy. Basically it comprises of 5 little towns called Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterossa. These gorgeous little villages are set on cliffs, and on the second day there we decided to walk from Rio to Monterossa. And I realised just how much pizza, pasta and gelati i have been eating! But after sweating ... 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