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September 8th 2016
It is hard to believe that we have spent three whole days here already, having arrived at Camping Orta, on Lake Orta, on Friday night and set up camp. It is now Tuesday morning. We spent Saturday exploring the town - enjoying a leisurely lunch at a local restaurant and taking in the views. Sunday was focussed, as always, on the F1 race, which we watched in the campsite bar on the other sid ... read more

Europe » Italy » Piedmont » Orta San Giulio

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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