Piazza del Campo

Tuscany - Day 1

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November 20th 2010
Gabrielle, our host at Fonte dei Tufi BnB, has been wonderful. She speaks English well and has given us good local advice. It was raining in the morning so I drove Eileen and the girls up to village and then Daniel and I drove back down to the BnB to catch the bus. The rain had stopped so we had a good walk up. Walking the streets of Siena was magical. Most of the buildings are at least three st ... 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