holding Pisa tower

La Dolce Vita

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February 4th 2010
La Dolce Vita We had a wonderful stay in Italy. We spent 4 nights in a small town in Tuscany called Lucca. Our original plan was to go to Venice but as it was so cold over there we decided at the last moment to change our destination. Lucca was cold too, but with lots of layers and good coats we made it through. It is a beautiful medieval town, and we sampled the Dolce Vita (sweet life) the Ital ... 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