pondering the ancients...

The Bridge

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November 1st 2004
November 1-2 Monday and Tuesday Mama and Papa-the Bridge. The idea to come to Italy was a seed planted tenderly, but unknowingly, by my parents-as Italy has formed and molded the very history of my family…and thus has given me identity within the Italian culture, however different it may have become over the years that my family has been in the United States. It was the love of the language, the ... 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