Abruzzo

Bella Italia

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October 29th 2015
Day 4 continued We left Ascoli and the Marche and entered Abruzzo province. While Marche was incorporated into the papal states, Abruzzo was under the authority of the Kingdom of Sicily. The kings of Sicily were from France or Spain did not invest in Abruzzo, Bari or Calabria and they remain poorer and much less developed even today. Our first stop of the afternoon was a family own ... read more

Europe » Italy » Abruzzo

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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