Hilltip town on the way to Florence

Italy

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September 28th 2012
September 27, 2012 When we left this morning we were supposed to go to Pisa and then on to Florence with a Tuscan Dinner in the evening The next day was to be The Academy of Fine Arts to see Michael Angelo's "David" and a walking tour of the city. On the way our tour guide, Simonetta, received a call telling her that the next day the museum workers were going on strike, so we had to flli ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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