View of Florence and the Tuscan Hills from the Bell Tower

Florence

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May 7th 2012
Day 1 Another overnight ferry, a few trains later and we made it to Florence. Our B&B was a bit average but none the less it was livable... We made our way in to the centre and found the Duomo. Yep, pretty impressive! We climbed the couple of hundred steps to the top of the bell tower and the view was incredible! We wandered through the streets of Florence, fought our way through the marke ... 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