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Monteriggioni...a fortressed town

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April 27th 2018
This town stood for hundreds of years fending off the nasty Florentines - until it finally fell in the 1500s to Florence. There are four dozen people or so living in the town. Quiet and one of the least touristy towns we've visited... yet still of course the souvenir shops and museums . Loved it ,nonetheless. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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