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CINQUE TERRE - THE FIVE VILLAGES

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September 19th 2014
Arrived in Monterosso yesterday. Very quaint little village. Our apartment is 3 mins walk to the waterfront, and 10 minutes to the old town area where we will be catching the ferry to some of the other villages, also Portovenere. We saw the wreck of the Concordia cruise ship sitting in the dock yards at Genoa when we came through on train yesterday. What a mess. Here until Sunday, but weather is m ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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