Portogruaro Town Hall

The Piazza and Town Hall at Portogruaro

Portogruaro, the farm, and Caorle (by the sea)

May 16th 2011
This morning while Pierina attended to appointments, Lindsay and I walked around the historic part of Portogruaro. This is a town well worth visiting in terms of beauty, Roman and medieval history. The buildings are varied and interesting, especially the Town Hall shown in the picture. The Lemane River runs through the old town and adds to the character with it's boat moorings behind houses ... 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

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These blogs were started to record our Europe May to August 2011 trip. The Blogs were great for us to diary each day, for others to follow and for us to review when back home. Several have been published into personal books. And so it has continued adding: Europe - Italy,Switzerland, France, 2011 The Hurunui High Country Walk 2011. Tasmania 2012 Europe 2013 - Austria, Switzerland, France and Ireland. Alps2Ocean and Clutha Bike Trails 2014 A Christmas in Switzerland and Germany 2014 Biking the Danube, the Italian Dolomites and Austrian Lakes 2015 Vancouver, Lake Chelan (Washington S... full info

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