Via Clavature

Bologna

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September 6th 2006
With a couple of days before the conference it was time to find some accommodation and explore the old city. I found a great little B&B between the conference venue and town centre owned by Herman an Italian guy whose mum is german. We communicate in deutsch as his English is as good as my Italian. Bologna old town is stunning with narrow streets of traditional shopping, remnants of the old Rom ... 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