Church in Piazza St Marco

Venice

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June 8th 2008
The trouble with expecting something wonderful is that it may not quite live up to expectations. Venice is certainly unique and it has some amazingly ornate buildings but it lacked something; it lacked colour and regular daily life. I’m used to colourful flowers tumbling from the window boxes and washing hanging from the buildings. Although the carnival mask shops were beautiful and the gondolie ... 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