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Bergamo

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September 10th 2009
Bergamo August 15th Well we got through the tunnel into Italy. We came climbed up through the foothills around Chambery along empty roads and through the Frejus tunnel into Italy. The roads continued to be quiet as we circumnavigated Torino and hit the autostrade for Milan. We rushed across the plain of Lombardy past light industry with the occasional classic Italian farmstead. We did 500 kms 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