Pretty Harbour

The 5 Lands

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October 22nd 2014
Geo: 44.1097, 9.81355The port where we dock in La Spezia is nowhere near as glamorous as Villefranche. I open the curtains to a working port full of large ship containers and tall cranes. There is a lot of clanging and banging going on but we are not hanging around the ship today so we don't mind. We have breakfast in the Windjammer before heading ashore.La Spezia is mainly used as a port ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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