Arian Bapistry

To Ravenna

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May 19th 2008
19 May 2008 We were sorry to leave Umbria. We have enjoyed its mountains, rolling hills and medieval towns (some of which we had to pass by). Hopefully we can visit at a more leisurely place some time in the future. Ravenna, our next stop, is a city of early Christian religious buildings decorated with exquisite mosaics, bikes and rain. Late in the afternoon we visited the Arian Bapistry ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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