Pensione Bencista

Europe 2014 - off again!

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August 21st 2014
Hi everyone, Again sorry for the delay in writing the blogs - after arriving at the magnificent Pensione Bencistà up in the hills overlooking Florence, we have been quite busy checking out Florence itself and all it has to offer, plus two full days traveling to places such as Cinque Terre, San Gimignano and Chianti, another day doing the hop on and hop off bus and a wee bit of shopping - can't ... 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