Church in Venice

Loving Venezia

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October 1st 2005
Soon after I woke up in the morning at the pensioni in Mestre, I hopped on the train for a 10-minute ride across the lagoon into the island of Venezia, otherwise known as Venice. The minute I stepped off the train, I could sense the magic of Venezia. The train station was, like other train stations in Italy, packed full of people, tourists and locals alike. The first real task of the day was to ... 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