Walking thru Siena

Best of Tuscany Tour

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June 13th 2013
Geo: 43.7687, 11.2569Up early, and off to the tour meeting point.Bus tour first stop, Siena was a beautiful old walled city, and learned about the horse race 'Il Palio'.We visited the pretty Duomo, with its real graffiti - pictures on the marble flooring. Next, off to an organic farm and winery for lunch. Each course with a different wine. Then on to San Gimignano, another medieval wal ... 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