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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Rome | No Comments »
Once inside the Forum, take some time to get orientated. Sit down on the three long steps, which are part of the Regia and flank the other side of the ... Read more..The Christian Era
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Rome | No Comments »
It was the papacy, under Pope Gregory I ("the Great"; 590-604) in 590, that rescued Rome from its demise. In an eerie echo of the ... Read more..South of Reggio
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Reggio Emilia | No Comments »
Very much in a different vein, the foothills south of Reggio are cheese country: you'll see many signs along the ... Read more..San Miniato
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
The strategic village of SAN MINIATO , midway between Pisa and Florence (42km from both), was given its landmark fortress by the Holy Roman Emperor ... 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..