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May 6, 2018 belvedere marrittimo, Paola, and diamante

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May 6th 2018
Today we started the morning by walking our lovely town Belvedere Marittimo, where local artists are known for their mosaic work around town. Broken.tiles everywhere as locals worked on more mosaics on walls and curbs. Then we walked around the town of Paola, about 35 min drive from where we are staying. We visited the sanctuary of St Francesco. St Francesco di Paola is the patron saint of Calab ... read more

Europe » Italy » Calabria

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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