Il Ponte Vecchio

Florentine flavours

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July 10th 2012
We arrived in Florence on Saturday at 7.30 pm, and we settled into our apartment. On Sunday, we attended mass at St Mark’s English Church. In the afternoon, we visited the Duomo. In the evening, we attended Vespers at the Badia Fiorentina, a mixed Benedictine monastery. The Vespers were sung in a different way than we were used to, and it was a moving experience. Today, Anthony att ... 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