Canova's Temple at Possagno

Lazy days in Asolo, then Sandrigo & Giovanna Maria

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May 31st 2010
Geo: 45.7933, 11.9128On Monday, we started our day slowly – it had been nearly 10pm when we got home last night. We decided to take the kids to see the temple of Canova at Possagno – but forgot until we arrived there that lots of things in Italy are closed on Mondays! Bugger! But we got to see the Temple with the most perfect blue sky! We drove back to Asolo, taking a road that w ... 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