St Peter's Basilica

When in Rome......

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December 19th 2007
We drove from Cardiff to Bristol for our flight to Rome which was luckily not too early. We didn’t arrive till fairly late so we just got some dinner at a nice little restaurant close by and had an early night. Our first stop in Rome was the Colosseum, which we reached by metro. We were very impressed by its size and spent a bit of time walking around inside. It was amazing to see the maze of ... 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