El Campo Piazza Siena

Siena and Beyond

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June 20th 2014
Next we stopped at Sovicille near Siena. Again Siena was a place we had passed through but never really visited. Quite a nice campsite and our coincidences continued as we found Debra and Frank from our site at Lake Caldenazzo, on the same campsite. We drove to Siena and spent 30 minutes trying to park, why in May should it be so hard to park? However we learnt that sensible people do not come ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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