Santana

Umbria Jazz (and Latin Fusion)

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July 12th 2011
Tuesday Lunch was finely sliced Parma ham from the deli in the Coop, with melon. For supper, we cooked local courgettes and aubergines from the market with fresh pasta, and diced some pears to accompany the pecorino. When we reached the arena, it was still an hour before the scheduled start of the gig, but already the tiered concrete seats at the rear were full and a large crowd was sitting on ... read more

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

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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