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Saturday 11th

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April 11th 2015
John woke up exceptionally early and rather than go back to sleep went out for a walk! NO TOURISTS! A few vehicles. People setting up their street-side shops. Street cleaners. Fabulous. John walked through the main piazza, up the high-end shop street to the Duomo, then on to the central market and the train station. Amazing how few people there were. Attached are two pictures of the Ponte Vecch ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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