Halfway up the Trentino Dolomites

Up in the mountains

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October 9th 2012
Dear Max and Dominic, Last weekend Justin and I took the train up into the mountains in the north of Italy to meet some of Justin's friends from Germany. The place where we stayed was about halfway between their city and ours. This part of Europe is very mountainous and the people that live here are a mixture of German speakers, Italian speakers, and speakers of another much older language ... read more

Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Male

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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