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Italian  Flag 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]
Blog: Roman History
Date: May 3rd 2009

We arrived in the Italian port of Civitavecchia about 7:30 AM, May 1, 2009. It is the port that serves Rome. The name of the city means Old Town - Civita which means “town or city” and vecchia which means “old” . Tomorrow in Florence, we will see Ponte Vecchio, the “old bridge”. It is the port that served Rome and the surrounding area. Today is May 1, Labor Day, a Holiday in Italy ... read more


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