Santa Maria Maggiore

Our adventure in Rome

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March 27th 2009
After a long trip from St. Louis, MO, my wife and I finally find ourselves in Italy. Travel As mentioned in a previous post, both Lynda and I took separate routes to Italy due to various reasons. Lynda left St. Louis and flew through Philadelphia, PA straight to Italy and I flew through Chicago and then to Frankfurt, Germany before catching a short flight down to Rome. The ... 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