We got to see Raphael's Madonna and child

David and St. Catherine of Sienna

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March 10th 2009
So, I had typed out this REALLY long post, and the internet decided to crap out on me the other night! Talk about annoying! Now I'll attempt to re-type as much of it as I can recall! It's been a while, so I've done a lot! We went to the Academia building and saw the David! I was expecting maybe a six foot statue. No! This thing is over 17 feet tall! It was HUGE! We also did a quick run through art ... 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