Italy 75 - a return visit to Orvieto, a long way down and manna from heaven
September 20th 2014 We have been many times to Orvieto but this is the first time we have used the dedicated sosta in the lower town. And what excellent facilities the town have provided. Hardstanding, electricity, water points, showers and toilets and a place to buy tickets for the funicular railway that links the lower town with the centro storico. What more could you ask for? Helpful staff and a cheap rate. Well w
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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 
