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Roma

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August 1st 2011
Cari amici e la famiglia, We completed all we could do of the Cinque Terre walks as the track from Corniglia to Manarola was closed. We took the train all the way to Monterosso del Mare and felt as if we were in a different town to the day before. The sun was shining, the umbrellas were up and people sunbaked or swam in the sea. I was tempted to pay for a little change room and sunbed on 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