One of the five towns

Italy's Cinque Terre

---

July 1st 2005
071705 Leaving Paris... heading for Bath England.... but first, I went from Freidrichshafen Germany to Levanto Italy near the Cinque Terra on the Italian Riviera. I remember the ride through Switzerland and Northern italy in the Alps went through a LOT of tunnels. Seemed to me half the route was spent in a tunnel. It's an interesting experience because you'll be looking out the window at one ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Cinque Terre

---

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