around Venice

Venice - "A strange, tricky town" with Robert the Rabbit

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June 20th 2009
Venice is probably on all the "50 places to visit before you die" lists. Lorenza insisted we visit, I was curious and wanted to see what this famous city was about. In his book "The City of Falling Angels", John Berendt wrote that ... "Venice could be a disorienting place, even for people who lived there and thought they knew it well. The narrow winding streets, together with the serp ... 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