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Rome

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November 24th 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008 Day 3….Spoleto to Rome We arrived on Friday morning and have packed an entire vacation into 3 days. After arriving in Rome at 8:00 am we hopped into our rental car and drove towards Spoleto…typically an hour and a half trip. Unfortunately, we missed our turn and routed ourselves through Orvieto and Todi. Not a bad alternative to trip taken many times! It afforded ... 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