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A day in Siena

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July 28th 2010
After waking up at about 09:00 and having two cups of coffee, we headed down the street to a small cafe on the corner of Via Nazionale and had croissants filled with what appeared to be marmalade, and another coffee. Refreshed, we then headed for Santa Maria Novella station and checked the departures board for the next train to Siena - 11:10. It was 10:55 and we were never going to make it in th ... 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