Piggy's having lunch at the butchers

Firenze

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May 29th 2008
Florence was nice, we had a wander around looking at all the statues and the Duomo which has a fantastic exterior and lovely paintings on the ceiling. Then thought we should throw in some culture but after waiting almost 2 hours to get in to the Uffizi Gallery we quickly got bored looking at so many dull religious paintings. Yeah their were paintings on the ceiling and statues etc but they didn’ ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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