Vatican City

View of the enormous space inside St. Peter's Bascilica, the largest church in the world

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August 18th 2008
This morning we had a very strict deadline, get up, get ready, eat breakfast and pack the bus before 7AM, otherwise you will be left behind. Today we were heading into the smallest country in the world, Vatican City. Most of the group boarded the bus on time but we still left quite late, some of the group literally ran to catch the bus as it left. I didn’t think yesterdays queue at the Colosseum ... 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

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