Ruins along the via Appia Antica

Via Appia Antica is an ancient road from the Roman Empire days. All along the road the countryside is littered by Roman ruins

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Rome - part II

January 2nd 2008
Churches, art, fountaines ...and a lot of dead bodies (?) Today I’d like to start by telling you about the trouble I had the other day when I wanted to buy stamps. As I usually do when I want to buy stamps I go to a post office and say the magic word “Stamps”. This little trick has never failed, until now that is. When I came into the post office in Rome they just looked at ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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

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