The Castle

Castello del Trebbia

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January 21st 2011
CHIANTI VINEYARD Today we went on a daytrip to a local Chianti Vineyard, located at the Castello del Trebbia. We had an early start this morning because we had to eat and then walk a half hour across the city to the train station where our bus would pick us up. So Jess, Kayla and I trudged up the street and bumped into all the boys from Via Ghibellina (the street perpen ... 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