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Messina

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May 8th 2016
It looked like a clear day and a calm ferry ride fro Calabria to Messina, but the ferry was small and bobbed enough that I got a bit queasy, never happened to me before. Not pleasant! The place we're staying has a balcony looking out on the port and is only a few blocks from the Duomo. Orange trees growing everywhere. Stopping for a little rest before going out to dinner this evening. I added ... 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