The Coliseum

Rome

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April 24th 2007
4/16/07 The reality of going to Rome has finally hit. Until Friday I’d been focused on tying things up at work and pulling this trip together. For having decided, only 5 weeks ago, on a trip to Rome sometime after Easter, everything has come together well. The last uncertainties were resolved, the last errands run on the way to the airport, and we arrived earlier than needed…t then I was final ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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