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Piazza del Campo in Siena Tuscany Region Italy 12 Oct 2013 (9)  
   

Piazza del Campo in Siena Tuscany Region Italy 12 Oct 2013 (9)

Siena in the Tuscany Region Italy 12 October 2013

October 14th 2013
Siena in the Tuscany Region Italy 12 October 2013 Once leaving San Gimignano, the sun was shining over the magnificent rolling hills of the Tuscany Region, and we were on our way to Siena (popn 55,000). They say that Siena was a rival town to Florence from the 12th century through to today, and that even traveler either love one or the other but not both. Florence is a Renaissanc ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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