Colosseum

Ciao Roma

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October 16th 2008
We arrived in Rome on Tuesday 14th Oct, and stayed at Hotel Campo de'Fiori. Dad said it was one of the most beautiful hotels he has ever stayed at. We spent Wed at the Australian Embassy trying to get new passports. On Thurs we went on a Hop On-Hop Off bus tour of Rome. We saw the Vatican,Trevi Fountain,Coleseum,and more. We had lots of fun! ... 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