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Viva Italia!

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April 16th 2007
Untitled Contiki Part II: And now for the rest of it... The first week just flew by and luckily it contained by favourite part of the trip, Florence. An amazing beautiful city that singlehandely bought on the Renaissance period and turned Europe from the dark, dumb part of the world it was into a place that appreciates art and sculpture, literature and science. ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more