Florence July 13th 2014 Today we arrived in Florence. We are staying in an apartment older than White Australia. Did you know that Florence is called Firenze in Italian? ... read more
Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence 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