The massive basement complex of the Rocca Paolina fortress in Perugia

Under the Umbrian Sun

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October 1st 2010
Date Sunday 26th September 2010 City Pescara to Foligno Climate low 13c - high 22c - fine and sunny A cool morning but it dawned clear and sunny. Perfect for our drive north-west into Umbria - which would be home base until next weekend. We now realise that the hot weather we enjoyed earlier in the month is drawing to a close. It is now well into autumn and the scenery is lovely. We drove ... 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