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Pienza

Italy 57- Pienza - another little gem of a hilltop Tuscan town

May 27th 2013
We woke early and decided to try breakfast before we left for Pienza. It was included in the price 6 euros for the plot and 10 euros each – probably the most expensive site we had chosen all holiday and the one with the least facilties. Breakfast did not impress either. It was set out in the same dark dining room we ate in last night . And it was full of the workers who were getting ready to st ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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