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.
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Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena 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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