Perugia to Assisi

Mellowing in Italy - Siena, Wednesday 2007 May 16

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May 16th 2007
Up early again to go to Perugia, in Umbria. The ride takes us through higher hills. Cannellini bean plants have escaped the field, and they grow in ditches with reddish purple flowers. As on all the trips, poppies surprise th ... 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