Lucca Centro Storico

European Adventure 2013

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October 6th 2013
The rain had cleared overnight. This weekend there were planned celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the building and unlocking of the walls around Lucca. All events yesterday were cancelled due to the weather but no problems today so we headed to the Porta St. Maria to catch all the action. It was a very colourful scene with bands of drummers and trumpeters followed by flag carrie ... 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