Had to have this photo!

Mellowing in Italy - Siena, Monday 2007 May 14

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May 14th 2007
I am writing on May 15 on the steps of Basilica di Santa Crocein Florence while waiting for other tour members who paid to go inside. I think I will be here next week, so I chose to look at the leather workshop attached to the church, in the former monastic cells. After a full day, I’m mentally exhausted. The wind is blowi ... 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