Lipca

No Longer in Garda, but on the coast

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October 2nd 2006
Well, what have I been up to? not a lot really. After moving on from Lubliana, I went to the caves mentioned in my last entry, well worth the effort. whilst in the area I visited the stud farm at Lipica, where they breed the horses use in the Spanish riding school in Vienna (see picture). Whilst on the topic of horses, as promised, I have an equine question - I visited a town in north east Italy, ... 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