Norcia

Belka Italia

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October 28th 2015
Day 3 This is cross country day. If it has to be cloudy and rainy, today is the day and it was. We are driving from Parugia in Umbria across and through the mountains to the Adriatic coastal town of San Bennedicto dal Tronto. Our first stop was a a hill town called Spella. The original plan was to be dropped off at the top and make our way down to a weekly garden market. Because th ... 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