San Gimignano

European Adventure 2013

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October 8th 2013
Years ago, I’d been told by George LoGrasso, an Art teacher at Loreto Normanhurst, that his favourite place in Italy was San Gimignano. Since then, I’d been keen to visit this place and today we took that opportunity. As it is difficult to reach easily by public transport, we decided to do the 1½ hour drive through the picturesque Tuscan countryside. The day was quite mild, although rain was ... 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