Castiglione del Lago

A short stay in Tuscany

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July 7th 2011
Before crossing into Umbria, we stopped for lunch in Cortona. By the balustrade in the shady Piazza Garibaldi, we looked out across the plain to Lake Trasimeno. From the Piazza della Repubblica, a narrow road leads up to a restaurant with a stone terrace. We had lunch here, overlooking the square. Directly opposite was the medieval town hall, with its steep flight of stone steps and clock tower. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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