View from Rocca Calascio ruins

Abruzzo Part I

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October 22nd 2017
Yesterday we left Termoli and the Adriatic Sea and headed inland to the Gran Sasso d'Italia National Park and are spending 4 nights in the charming hilltop village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio. We rented a flat in a palazzo from this wonderful woman whose life call seems to be taking care of her guests like visiting relatives from afar. The moment we arrived she sent us to see the Rocca Calascio b ... 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