The East Doors of the Baptistery at the Cathedral

A ride to the Tuscany region

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September 22nd 2006
The ship docked at Livorno but our tour for today is a trip to Florence. As we headed east toward the hills of Tuscany, the countryside along our drive was covered with many farms growing nursery stock. We could see rows and rows of shrubs formed into different shapes. Then there would be rows and rows of trees of different heights in containers. It was quite a different sight. Florence (Itali ... 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