Venice 3

Venice

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April 5th 2008
VENEZIA!! We took a day trip to Venice today. The city is gorgeous. St. Mark's Square is by far the best piazza in all of Italy. It is just packed with people at midday, but as it gets later, it's almost empty. I took a video of the violinists playing music from "The Sound of Music." We had a great time. Mi piace molto Venezia. I bought a few Venetian trademark items, like for example the Bellini ... 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