Unknown Vatican Statue

The Vatican and Rome

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June 25th 2009
The Vatican We arranged for a private tour of the Vatican at 9am. We met at a little restaurant on the east side of the Vatican called Paolo Di Paolini Giampaolo. Lesson number two to be learned here. We arrived early and decided to have a little breakfast. The waiter was nice and offered omelets and coffee and juice, sure why not. While we waited for the omelets he brought some fresh croiss ... 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