cinque terre #2

Cinque Terre - day 23

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August 29th 2011
Geo: 44.1034, 9.73389I LOVE FLORENCE...but we aren't talking about that yet because i still have 1 day hereCINQUE TERRE (the five lands) is where i went today...a short drive through the Tuscan country side and we found ourselves on the northern Italian Riviera (just a hop, skin 'n a jump from the French one)these 5 town are littered with colourful houses on the edges of cliffs overl ... 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