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Baroque Blast

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July 10th 2012
Geo: 40.3533, 18.174Today, Lecce was the Italian equivalent of Sevilla in Spain - both in the south of their respective countries, both beautiful places, both places hot as HELL during the summer, and both places absolutely dead in the afternoon, with any creatures valuing their lives choosing to hide out somewhere with A/C. The only difference was that today's high of 39 C in Lecce was a b ... 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