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The Laurentian Library was designed by Michelangelo. This vestibule is filled by the staircase that spills from the space of the library and gigantic columns and pilsters that make the interior walls look like they should be exterior.

Another stair to climb for every picture I couldn't take...

October 16th 2005
I’m sort of at a loss for words of what to say about my gorgeous weekend in Florence… Florence is beautiful. It was a little smaller than I expected, but that’s one of the things that made it such a nice weekend. It was much more pedestrian oriented than Rome, so it was nice not having to worry about being run down by a pack of scooters or all the crazy traffic that’s in Rome. It was al ... 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

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