some monument

the first in a series of cities

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May 12th 2005
it was a blur! so my friend lorena and i did two nights in rome, three nights in florence, and one night (two days) in venice, and it was awesome! serious, it went so fast and we were doing so much stuff that it's basically a blur looking back, but it was an awesome experience. we didn't really do any of the the clubbing or that type of stuff, it was more all sightseeing/museum stuff. ... 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