Campidoglio

Finals Week

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May 18th 2009
So this last week has been my finals week. I’m very angry that my last week here in Rome will be one full of stress rather than last minute enjoyment. I do at least have ten days without classes to enjoy Italy and to show my family around, which I’m very much looking forward to. To scrounge some last minute enjoyment, Laura and I went around Rome to see some last minute sights in between our ... 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