ravenna2

The end of Dante

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August 24th 2011
Took the one hour slow train up the coast to Ravenna. Wanted to locate a city map so I would be able to see everything that I wanted only to find the tourist information centre was actually in the middle of the town and to get there I probably would have had to see everything I was looking for anyway. With it being slightly inland there as no sea breeze so the heat was stifling. I took a long walk ... read more

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Ravenna

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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