Rome

More adventures in Italy

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July 1st 2007
After quite some excitement, Debra and I have made it to Florence. We had a nice last day in Rome. We went to the Borgese Museum. It had some amazing sculptures by Bernini. Some real famous ones. After that, we walked in the park a bit and made it to the train station for our train to La Spezia.. on our way to Cinque tera..so we though. When we finally got to Cinque Tera we found there was not a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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