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Siena

June 16th 2006
My friend Veronika introduced me to her friends Alex and Michael Sean who moved to Siena from San Francisco two years ago with their two daughters. They were so great, welcoming me into their home, giving me recommendations on what to see and where to stay, and I actually stayed with them one night. I then headed to a hotel nearby that is actually an old convent and still run by nuns. It even h ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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