Cervia

Her territory was still considerable on the west, where it was bounded by the Ada.

She possessed Ravenna, Cervia, Faenza, Imola, and Rovereto.

She held dependencies on the Adriatic coast of Naples.

The loss of external power brought with it, as it often does, the canker of internal corruption.

She possessed Brescia, Bergamo, Cremona, and part of the duchy of Milan.

She also owned Friuli, which was coveted by Austria, and some towns on the coast of Italy, of which Spain demanded the restoration.

In the Romagna she held Ravenna, Faenza, Cervia, and Rimini.

She possessed something which every other power wished to have.

It was, it was so special.

I'd stay a week in a place that I wanted to research really well, and I researched things like I looked for slow food presidiums, like the salt mines of, um, of Cervia, which is near, uh, is in Emilia-Romagna, the citrus fruits in, um, the Gargano, which is part of Puglia, and so I'd done quite a bit of, of research in that.

Can you tell me- Out of all the travel you've done in Italy and around Europe, is there a place, a meal, or a moment that's a core memory for you?

There are, yeah, there are a lot of, um-