San Marco's basilica

Venice & Siena - a little taste

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May 23rd 2007
You will have to excuse these entries being posted in the wrong order, as we stopped in Italy before I arriving in our current destination of the Maldives. I hope you enjoy our tales just the same! I arrived in Venice 2 days after Cristiano on the 27th of April, and Andrea's (Cris' niece) baptism was set for 11am the next day. I was pretty tired, having spent the best part of a day and a half tra ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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