Arena in Verona

Meandering to Milan

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June 28th 2011
Our drive today didn’t really end in Milan but in the small town of Treviolo just outside Bergamo. We chose this destination primarily for the hotel rate and it was outside Milan so took away the worry of driving in such a hectic city. To get to Treviolo we left Bologna in the direction of Padua where we hoped to see some Giotto frescos. Padua is really en route to Venice so it was a bit of ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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