Piazza Minghetti, Bologna

Let me at the Bolognese

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September 13th 2014
Geo: 44.4944, 11.3492Today we needed to leave Tuscany. Franco came to meet us for check out at 1000am and we were on the road for Bologna. The drive was a couple of hours and then it took us a bit longer than it should have (ie lost) to find the B&B. We found it, and checked in. Our host Francesca was lovely and the B&B was a nice surprise by Italian standards. Beautiful lush surroundings, mod ... 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