More of St Mark's Basilica

This building really showcases Venice's "cross cultural" history. The building has Islamic onion style domes (you can just make them out in the back), and mosaics form the Byzantine era plus influences from Roman and French Gothic architecture in its aches and pinnacles.

Masks, Glass and a City built on Water

February 17th 2008
Bonjourno from Venezia! Well we made it! After a relaxing restful night at Leeds Bradford Airport - not, we boarded our plane to Bergamo (town just outside of Milan) at 7am. Our 10 quid flights took off and landed very smoothly, we both slept the whole way as the plane chairs, while vinyl and from the 80’s were still a whole lot more comfy than those at the airport! We made our way successfully ... 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

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