Our abode in Lucca

European Adventure 2013

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October 5th 2013
Headed into Levanto to withdraw a large sum of money to pay for our 3 weeks in the apartment we had booked in Lucca. As Lucca is only about 100km from Levanto and we had arranged to check in at 2pm, we decided to call in to the beachside town, Forte dei Marmi, for no particular reason other than it was on our map and we needed a coffee. The Appennine ranges near this town are rich in marble and ot ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Lucca

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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