Georgia, climbing the cherry tree

Passarella

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June 1st 2010
Geo: 45.5987, 12.6061Another day of family today! We got up early, and drove to Passerella, where Elio has a brother and a sister. This is the area where the Perissinotto family comes from – Elio was born at the nearby village of Ereclea. We went straight away to the house of Zia Pierina and Zio Egidio - Pierina was very busy as she looks after the grandchildren each day (the kids lik ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto

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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