St Peter Basillica

A Roman Holiday

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August 23rd 2008
In the famous movie Audrey Hepburn rides her scooter around and has a great time doing so, this being our second visit to Rome and still scooterless we had to settle for walking and catching the train. Last time we came to Rome we didn't get the chance to have a good look around the Vatican city, which is also the worlds smallest country so we headed straight there. The first thing that strikes y ... 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