Santa Maria della Grazie

The Deserted Streets of Milan

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August 16th 2009
Hi Everyone! I have often had the sneaking suspicion in my life that I am lacking an important female gene. This female gene is responsible for appreciating shoes and handbags. It is also responsible for the strange compulsion that women seem to have that won’t allow them to leave their home without paint on their face. It is probably a good thing for this trip that I don’t have this myster ... 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