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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]
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] Blog: A taste of Italy
Date: September 4th 2008
So I'm a little behind in the blogging... lack of computer access makes it hard to write. I don't think I can catch everything up in one blog either, so I'll just see how far I can make it. (In case I don't make it all the way, I'm currently in Rome and just had the most ridiculous day of sightseeing imaginable). I left off in Annecy, about to head to Chamonix. We got to Chamonix, and (as usual ... read more
Date: September 4th 2008
So I'm a little behind in the blogging... lack of computer access makes it hard to write. I don't think I can catch everything up in one blog either, so I'll just see how far I can make it. (In case I don't make it all the way, I'm currently in Rome and just had the most ridiculous day of sightseeing imaginable). I left off in Annecy, about to head to Chamonix. We got to Chamonix, and (as usual ... read more
