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Huge censer of unexpected beauty

Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta 1459, Pienza
Mellowing in Italy - Siena, Tuesday 2007 May 8

May 8th 2007
Today a bus took us to Pienze, a hill town about 50 km south of Siena. It was designed by a master architect in the then modern Renaissance style at the behest of Pope Pius IIwhose home town it is. The Tuscan c ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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