Padova! Home of Taming of the Shrew September 24th 2016 Geo: 44.4944, 11.3492Home of Taming of the Shrew and yet not a shrew in sight! Didn't see a mention of this or of Shakespeare here, unlike in Verona where we saw lots of references to Romeo and Giulietta...Writing this on Sunday morning as when I returned to the apt last night was too tired to do it...Saturday, the 24th of September. Up bright and early as I am off to Padova (Padua) fo ... read more
Europe » Italy 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