Lunch at La Buca di Enea, Pienza

Pienza

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July 11th 2013
Geo: 42.8837, 11.5353Wednesday (yesterday), we awoke to sunshine and rising temperature, though the ground was still sodden from the previous evening's thunderstorm. We set out the damp bits and pieces out to dry off.After breakfast, I logged on to the excellent free wifi (not available across the site, but there's a spacious sitting cum relaxing room where there is a fast, strong sig ... 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