Cinque Terre, Italy 26 - 31 May 2011 Photo 14

Cinque Terre, Italy 26 - 31 May 2011

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May 31st 2011
Cinque Terre Italy We travelled from Siena in Tuscany by train to the Italian coastal region known as Cinque Terre or the Five Towns due to the position of five little townships on the overlooking the ocean. As soon as we arrived in La Spezia to catch the local regional train to our town, Deiva Marina, we witnessed the masses of tourists lining up on the platforms of each of the ... 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