Inside the Duomo

Beautiful Florence

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February 18th 2007
What can we say about Florence, centre of Tuscany and the Italian art world, other than it is a wonderfully charming and enlightened city. It is full of enticing streets, great eateries, cute cafe's and cool wine bars. After checking in to our little hotel in the centre of the city on the shores of the Arno river, where we decided to spoil ourselves with a little alone time in a room of our very o ... 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