Segesta

The Surprise that is Segesta

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May 30th 2017
When we arrived in Cinisi yesterday our plan was to “blob”, just take it easy. Perhaps wander down to the beach, or just lounge about. After a very happy chat with our hosts we were persuaded to make the short journey to Segesta. This was one tourist site we had not even thought about when planning our Sicilian Adventure. So after a slow start we set off for Segesta. It was a relatively short ... 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