Piazza San Marco a notte

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September 11th 2008
Sept. 7, 2008 After several flights and layovers, I finally made it to the Venice Marco Polo Airport. I was happy, if not shocked, to receive BOTH pieces of my luggage and the baggage claim. I then found my way to the "Verrgio" (water taxi) office and purchased a ticked to San Marco square (L'Piazza di San Marco). Little did I know that I then had to drag my bags a good 1k down to the Verri ... 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