Tuscany! Photo 6

Tuscany!

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August 24th 2010
The train was suppose to be a very quick trip from Florence to Certaldo (the station we were getting off at), but of course, it was longer for us. We gathered our things as our train entered the Certaldo train station...standing by the doors waiting for them to open, the train stopped for maybe 30 seconds, then continued on without even opening the doors. We had missed our stop! We rode and rode, ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Certaldo

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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