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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]
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] Blog: 3rd Weekend trip: slightly out of order
Date: July 5th 2008
(June 13th) We got Friday off this week, as the previous week we had worked 6 days in a row. This trip was taken by everyone (as most of the weekend excursions are optional, since it's extra money to go), as we were told that this is not a place to miss. We visited the Siracuse museum, where Pietro actually helped organize a number of the displays in the Sicilian archaeology collections they had t ... read more
Date: July 5th 2008
(June 13th) We got Friday off this week, as the previous week we had worked 6 days in a row. This trip was taken by everyone (as most of the weekend excursions are optional, since it's extra money to go), as we were told that this is not a place to miss. We visited the Siracuse museum, where Pietro actually helped organize a number of the displays in the Sicilian archaeology collections they had t ... read more
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