An empty Piazza Grande. This had been manic last time we had seen it

Gubbio

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October 15th 2018
15 October 2018 We drove 100k north, the final section along the western edge of the mountainous Parco Del Monte Cucco to the village of Scheggia where we had planned to spend the night. However, we didn’t fancy either the pace or the facilities so we went a further 10k to the town of Gubbio where 10 years ago we had witnessed the exciting youths’ version of the Corsa dei Seri ( <span ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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