The Racetrack at the Palio

Italy - Lazio, Umbria & Tuscany

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July 6th 2015
Saturday 27thJune Rome to Lago di Bolsena 113 miles Chris decided after our hard days in Rome, we would have a gentler day, exploring the area north of Rome. Negotiated our way back to the GRA around Rome and then headed for Ladispoli! Got caught in a traffic jam – we think that because it was a Saturday that the whole of Rome must be going to the seaside!! Got to our first stop a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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