P1000293

Aosta

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July 10th 2011
Where did I leave off, I have to apologize for the last post….seeing that I probably could of waited for sobriety to explain my travels. I have just got home from school, and I can say that Italian is not an easy language. This weekend was wonderful, and a part of me wishes I were traveling between tiny cities with no real perception of time. Aosta in an hour and a half with no real plan of ... read more

Europe » Italy » Aosta Valley » Cogne

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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