The "road" into town..

Italy Day 8 - The Road to Venice

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October 15th 2014
A travel day for us. Pulled up our tents, and headed for Venice. Along the way, we went from one side of the range of mountains, to the other, crossing a part of the lower Alps, the Apuan Alps. It was cloudy, so you could use your imagination on what the mountains would look like on a clear day, but none the less a good day for travel. Along the way we stopped for lunch at a farm house. This ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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