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Buon Giorno from Belvedere Marittimo in Calabria, Italy

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May 5th 2018
Buon Giorno from our rooftop garden hotel in Calabria. A 6 mile, 40 min ride over the mountains to my maternal grandfather's ancestral town awaits us! ... read more

Europe » Italy » Calabria » Belvedere Marittimo

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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