The Kings archway next to the church in Milan

Day 22

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June 9th 2015
New place so we start out on foot with map as usual. We weave our way down the streets to the visitor centre as that is our meeting point for day tours later in the week. Walking around the Stoza Castle at one end of town, we follow the crowd down to the church and museum. The Duomo de Milano church is another magnificent gothic Italian designed structure and follows the theme from the pr ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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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