La Pieta

Day 15 - Rome and the Vatican

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August 20th 2009
This morning we visited the Vatican with a tour of the Vatican Museums, Raphael rooms, Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Square; followed by a walk through St Peter’s Basilica and the Crypts. The tour through the Vatican is just one amazing piece of art, architecture and history after another. It is room after room of sheer opulence which was never designed for the enjoyment of anyone other than ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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