The villa next to our apartment

Villa Maser - the Palladian villa

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May 26th 2010
Geo: 45.7933, 11.9128When we had arrived in S. Catarina on Monday morning, we were told the sad news that Rita's cousin's daughter's husband (are you following this?) had passed away suddenly, so on Wednesday, Rita, Elio and Steven went to the funeral. It wasn't until 3.30pm, so we had some time in the morning, and decided to go to a nearby Villa at Maser.The Maser Villa was de ... 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