Arco di Constantino

When in Rome...

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June 10th 2006
Rome was amazing, and overwhelming, exciting and exhausting, and we loved every minute of our visit there. We got in from Madrid after dark so our first day started with the Coloseum and Roman Forum. Then we explored the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain (which they say if you throw a coin into you will someday return to Rome...keep this in mind as it will be important two blog entries later). We saw L ... 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