The cathedral at Orvieto

A weekend in Umbria

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September 25th 2012
Dear Max and Dominic, As you know, our plan is to work hard during the week and then spend the weekends exploring parts of Italy near the city we are living in. One thing that makes this very easy is that most of the train lines in Italy go through Bologna, including Speed Trains that go faster than 200 kilometres per hour. Last weekend we decided to explore two cities in a region of Italy call ... 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