Vatican January 12th 2008 Saw the Vatican today... I took very few pics -- it started to distract me from looking around at everything. I checked out the Vatican museum, then went on to St. Peters -- pics posted soon ... 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