Spanish Steps

Rome -- we finally arrive :-)

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March 11th 2006
After a long day of flying and waiting at airports, we arrive in Rome and head out for a site seeing tour. The view from the Spanish steps is amazing -- the skyline and all the people both local and tourists gathering in one area. ... 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