Rome

Road to Rome

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September 7th 2008
Finally got to a computer Road to Rome There's not much to write in this entry as we spent the majority of the day driving. I really liked the scenery coming into Rome. Heaps of wineries and fields full of crops. I always imagined Italy in general to be really dry as that's all I ever saw in pictures, but this really changed my idea of it. Bus Crash[ ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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