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Siena

Looking our over Siena
Peace and Quiet

December 23rd 2006
After dealing with all the hassles of Rome, I was happy to be on my way to somewhere smaller and quieter. Siena fit the bill perfectly, but first we had to get there. Our train left Termini station about 10 minutes late at just after 9 in the morning. We had tried to secure reservations for the train, but the agent insisted that we did not need them, and so going off my previous experiences I ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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