Federico and beautiful daughter

Day 15: Galatina and Frescoes

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June 8th 2012
Day 15: Galatina and Frescoes The old town of Otranto is beginning to pick up for summer. Underneath our balcony, a hair dressing shop opened up for the season. The house above us (2 stories, huge terrace, and an elevator!) is occupied, as is the one up the alley. The weekend brings lots and lots of tourists (regional). There have not been any English-speaking people that I have encountered si ... read more

Europe » Italy » Apulia » Galatina

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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