Manarola houses

Cinque Terre

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February 6th 2016
We have been offline somewhat as the Internet connection has not been good: so now for a catch up. The next stage of our journey was a train trip from La Spezia to Vernassa, the second of the 5 Terre townships on the upper west coast of Italy. They are all originally fishing villages with a famous walking track between them in the cinque Terre national park. We walked from Vernazza to the third ... 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