Lecco

Buongiorno Verona - Italy

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August 24th 2012
We visited Lake Como for lunch. Wow, what a pretty spot! Afternoon tea was an ice cream at Lecco a very beautiful lakeside town. Give me a job here and a home overlooking the lake – heaven indeed, but no offers so in the car and on to Verona. I had not heard of Verona before this trip, but it is famous and picture postcard beautiful. We passed through and walked alongside the substantial city w ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona

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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