Bellano

A Quiet Day in Bellano

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June 24th 2017
When we arrived at our current location we told our hostess we have come to rest and relax. Today we intend to do just that. We hope to relax because at 9:35 am Italy time the All Blacks have their 1st test against the British and Irish Lions rugby team. We have to read a commentary via the Stuff website. As the test match is being played out on a wet miserable winter’s night in New Zealand we ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy

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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