Aix-en-Provence

European Adventure 2013

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September 28th 2013
Farewell to Nyons where we have spent the last four weeks – we can thoroughly recommend this beautiful town as a great place to visit. Our drive to Ventimiglia was relatively uneventful except when we decided to stop for lunch in Aix-en-Provence. It was a much bigger town than we expected and the usual problems of getting into the town and finding parking were multiplied. We eventually found a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Ventimiglia

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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