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DAY 6 Castello di Verrazzano

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April 18th 2012
This morning I actually got up early and got a little exercise, a walk/run for 2 miles. I saw one jogger. People here don't seem to need to jog; they walk so much that you don't see much obesity. At 10, we met our new driver/guide...Leonardo (apparently a popular name here) for the drive to the Castle Verrazzano in Chianti. First we made a stop in Greve which is the capital of Chianti a ... 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