Basilica di San Marco

Getting lost in Venice

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July 22nd 2008
Venice was amazing we managed follow a tour group right into St Marks Square on our first day, it was so good to be lead straight there and make it before the lines got too big. Basilica di San Marco was beautiful especially on the outside, inside it was amazing to see the mosaic all over the roof and its lovely marble floors. The next stop for us was the bell tower which was conveniently directly ... 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