Boats at Riomaggiore

Day 28

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June 16th 2015
Another early start for our day trip to Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre Region is on the rugged coast of Italy, about a two hour bus ride from Florence. It's meaning is five lands and is made up of five small townships built into the rocky coast where the land meets the sea. The townships are small fishing/farming villages and these days tourism. The fisherman have very steep boat ramps and we ... read more

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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