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Travel Bites 917: The Hill Towns of Tuscany and Umbria: A Quick Look
Siena, Assisi, Volterra, San Gimignano…each hill town comes with reminders of a hard-fought history.
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Travel Bites 910: Krakow's Planned Soviet City: Nowa Huta
Going from Hitler to Stalin in 1945, Krakow had a tough 20th century.
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Travel Bites 908: Krakow’s Wawel Hill, Kazimierz, and Jewish Quarter
Poland’s historic capital comes with a sacred hill (Wawel).
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Travel Bites 911: Warsaw, Poland’s Leading City
Destroyed in World War II and rebuilt since.
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Travel Bites 909: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland’s Holocaust Memorial
One of Hitler’s most notorious death camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau is a powerful Holocaust memorial.