Lucca

European Adventure 2013

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October 10th 2013
Our first almost continually wet day of the holiday so we didn’t venture out much. A break in the clouds late morning resulted in us climbing the 420 steps of the Torre Guinigi, the tower that is part of the view from our apartment (see yesterday’s pics). On the way up there were lots of old paintings depicting the history of Lucca, including all the battles between noble families over the yea ... 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