Balconies

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene

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January 30th 2010
Today a few of us decided to take the train up to Verona, which is about an hour and a half from Bologna in Veneto instead of Emilia-Romagna. Verona is where Romeo and Juliet took place and it is absolutely beautiful. It's a very small and manageable city, and with the purchase of a map we were able to navigate the city easily. upon arriving there at the train station it is necessary to take a bus ... 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