At the Sirmione castle

Lakes, Castles, Roman Ruins, Bridges

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May 22nd 2010
Geo: 45.7933, 11.9128We'd been told that we couldn't arrive at our apartment in Asolo until after 6pm, as the Giro d'Italia (equivalent of Tour de France) goes past the front door, and all the roads were closed. So we meandered our way from Sotto Il Monte to Asolo, stopping at Sirmione on the Lago Garda and at Bassano de Grappa.Sirmione was just lovely – though very much a to ... 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