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Article: History travels old road.(Travel)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 28, 1997
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BOLOGNA, Italy - You won't find the Via Emilia - the original - without asking. Even then, most Italians have no idea where to find what's left of those ancient pavers, stone blocks worn smooth and round by countless scuffling feet and jolting cart wheels of ancient Rome.
"Milia what?" asks Piero, our guide, his dark eyes lost behind contoured sunglasses. He leads a group of visitors down a cobblestone lane past the world's oldest university (founded about 1075) and through the medieval heart of Bologna in northern Italy.
Piero stops on the Piazza Maggiore - a softball pitch from the Via Emilia's original roadbed - and thinks. The sun bounces off ...