Beautiful

Rome wasnt built in a day

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July 23rd 2008
It was lovely to be in Rome and we were eager to get out and do some sight seeing. We decided to go on a city walking tour, it was great the tour guide was funny and knew so much about the history he put it in a way I could understand. We both learnt a lot and we were so glad to not have to get the map out at every corner. We saw the Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum, it was kind of hard to imagin ... read more

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna

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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