Cool Cow

Florence

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November 1st 2005
We left Venice and got the train to Florence. It was really good there. We saw Michelangelo's David (three times, once the real one, twice full size replicas found around the town). We met a heap of people at the hostel (many many Australians), and made good friends with two Canadians. We went to Pisa as well and saw the tower, i never knew it leans so much! We also went to an exhibition of models ... read more

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Bologna

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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