Centro Storico, Verona

Verona: What You Think of When You Think of Italy

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September 1st 2017
Originally I wanted to meet my old host families in Friuli before beginning this camp season, but the organization wanted me to be more central than Friuli (which is in Italy’s most northeastern part). So, I had to skip past Friuli this time, and I instead decided on Verona. The previous summer, I’d passed through Verona on trains at least 4 times, but hadn’t had time to stop and look ar ... read more

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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