Gorgeous roses

The Boboli Gardens

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May 18th 2018
Well, we’ve walked our feet off today on a warm and sunny day. After coffee and pastry at the cafe next door we set off for the Boboli Gardens. Starting at the bottom gate we weaved our way up the hill via the Island Fountain and Cypress Lane. The latter was straight up so we dived off to the side for a more circuitous route but with a gentler slope. Frangrant flowers were everywhere, clematis, ... read more

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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