View from the top

Inside the Duomo

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June 16th 2009
Today I took the trek up the 463 stairs to inside the cupola of the Duomo. It was the best exercise, physically and emotionally I have ever gotten. The views of Florence were amazing. I also got be right next to the beautiful fresco inside the Duomo. Amazing. I spent the rest of the day wandering around the city, at a much slower pace. It only took the steps of the Duomo to knock the New York w ... 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