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Tuscany

Italy 43 - Mr and Mrs Federer and shut Montalcino

September 15th 2012
We left Rome early and headed into the beautiful Tuscan countryside. The scenery is stunning and picture postcard perfect. Yellow soil as far as the eye can see with tiny roads climbing up the hillsides through fields of yellow haybales. Typically pines line the roadsides. If you have seen a picture of Tuscany you will understand the picture in your mind. Mellow yellow stone houses with stone roof ... 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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