A "friend"

Italy

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June 14th 2018
Yesterday, after a wonderful week in Greece, we arrived in Italy, where we will spend much of the next two weeks. The first stop was a very small city on the “ball of the boot”, called Cortone, Italy. This was a very small city, and for my money, was really not very interesting. We spent about 1 hour in the old town and went back to the boat for a little pool time. It seems there are some int ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily » Siracusa

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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