Vatican Gardens 2

Vatican Museums

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April 26th 2009
Today I decided that I was going to go to the Vatican Museums, since on the last Sunday of every month, they are free to enter. Jordan was going to come to so we decided to head out at 7:30 for the Vatican. That turned out to leaving at 8 and we didn't get to the Museum until 9 cause we stopped for a cappuccino and a cornetto along the way. That was a poor call on our part since the line probab ... 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