Ponte Vecchio

Florence

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July 15th 2005
Lovely Florence, I mean't to stay 2 days and ended up staying 10! A beautiful city from which I did day trips to San Gimingano and Siena. (more journal to come) ... 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