View from the old bridge 03 Mountains

View from the old bridge

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December 29th 2006
Geo: 45.8835, 11.3626This morning dad, my uncle and I went for a short drive to the medieval city of Bassano del Grappa. We wandered around the old town, that is mostly surrounded by old city walls. This town is the home of Jacopo Bassano, a well known Renaissance painter. The main attraction is the Ponte degli Alpini, a covered wooden bridge that was designed by Palladio in 1569 to replace a br ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Bassano del Grappa

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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