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Acquiliea

Italy 32 - A wonderful mosaic floor

June 2nd 2012
Feel that I did an injustice in my last blog on Ferrara. The city was as nice as many Italian cities we had seen. A pretty cathedral sits in the city square which as usual is full of street cafes. The cathedral seemed a mix of the style of cathedrals Pisan with a touch of Tuscan architecture thrown into the mix. We didn’t go inside the church – sometimes you can be all churched out. They ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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