Il Porcellino 1634

Mellowing in Italy - Siena, Tuesday 2007 May 15

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May 15th 2007
On to Florence. We left early at 7:45 to avoid some of the rush hour, and things went smoothly until the last slow 15-20 minutes. We were deposited about a 15 minute walk from the Pitti Palace, at one time the palace of the king of Italy. Sylvia met us there and toured us through some of the main rooms. Outside, it is not an attractive building – ... 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