A sign pointing out our destination

The Vatican Museums

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March 29th 2009
We woke up early Sunday for our planned trip back to the Vatican Museums. After a quick subway ride into Ottaviano we were quickly heading south towards the Vatican and were a bit worried about the fact that THOUSANDS of other people appeared headed in the same direction. As we came to the Vatican walls we noticed the longest line I’ve ever seen in my life. We roughly knew where the museum en ... 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