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Merano(Choir/Townspeople from the musical Chess)- A Day of Driving in the Austrian and Italian Tyrol - 1st June 2016

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June 1st 2016
We are travelling further east today and staying within the Tyrol except we are moving from Austria to Italy. The rain from yesterday ahs cleared and although it is not brilliantly fine we can at least see more of the mountains that when we arrived yesterday afternoon. The woman who is running the establishment bought in a huge breakfast for us this morning. So for once I do not have to chop ... read more

Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Badia

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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