Duomo

Florence day 1

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April 7th 2008
We slept in until around 9:30am, then headed out by 10:15 to go to the internet place. We needed to change our hostel in Rome and spent about an hour trying to find the perfect one...we eventually did and quickly booked it before there was no availability (more on that when we get to Rome). Once we took care of business, we could finally head off to see the sites. We started out with the duom ... 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