At the top of the Duomo

Florence

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October 25th 2008
In Florence we went to the Duomo at the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral. It was very beautiful. We climbed to the top, up 463 steps that were very old and dark. You can see all of Florence from up there. We saw lots of art. Some were by Michelangelo, Donatello and Dante. They absolutely loved to sculpt people in the nude. We crossed the ponte vecchio, Which was full of gold jewellery shops. ... 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