frascati

Roma, Giorno Uno

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May 25th 2009
Today, we woke up and took the train from Frascati to Roma at 7 in the morning! In my Medieval Roman art class, we went to the catacombs of San Callisto and San Sebastian. The Roman country side was beautiful, but HOT!! Then we ventured off into Roma on our own to find lunch. After eating at a quaint ristorante in a big piazza, we went shopping in the Termini train station then took the train ba ... 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