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Around Matera

Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in Matera | No Comments »

Twenty kilometres south of Matera and connected by rail, the hilltop town of MONTESCAGLIOSO was once a Greek settlement and ... Read more..

French and Spanish Intervention

Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in History of Italy | No Comments »

The inevitable finally happened when an Italian state invited a larger power in to defeat one of its rivals. In 1494, at the request of the Duke of Milan, Charles ... Read more..