View from top castle wall

The town had many changes most importantly of which was the building of a second wall in the 15th century to enclose the expanded city: however much of this was pulled down in the 1500s. Much relied on the whim of the most powerful family of the time or the 'mayor'

Urbino to Tuscany

February 2nd 2016
We said goodbye to Laura our host at il monchetta b&b, after giving her a small gift to thank her for looking after us so well, to venture on the next stage of our trip which began with a drive back through Marche and into Tuscany where we stumbled upon a lovely lakeside town: Passignano Sul Trasimeno which means by the Trasimeno lake. Surprisingly again an old sector with this time 'Assisi like' ... 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

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