Tuesday, April 28, 2009

from Two Journeys Through Italy and Switzerland ... by William Thomson, 1835

On the second day we quitted the imperial dominions, and soon entered the duchy of Parma, after crossing the river Po at Piacenza in a very antediluvian sort of barge. We passed through the town without making any halt, and in a short time the vettura was rolling over the ancient via Flaminia.

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