The Duomo hunkers down among the higgeldy piggeldy buildings of Florence

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Rafael

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November 21st 2012
Dear Max and Dominic, Do you recognise those names? Did you know that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were named after some of the most famous artists of the Italian Renaissance, that time 500 years or so ago when there was an explosion of creativity in just about every part of city life here in Italy? Last weekend was our second to last one together in Italy so we decided to have an Art We ... 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