Palermo - Statue Indignity

Train to Palermo

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May 18th 2012
Geo: 38.0395, 14.0219This morning we decided to take the easy route to Palermo - the train. It is about an hour from Cefalu and the train station is fairly centrally located in Palermo.Again lots of old buildings and lots of walking. Many of the stores are the same ones as we see in BC. Lots of tourists and tourist buses and it is still a month from high season.A highlight was the accidental ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily

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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