Inside The Basilica 9
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Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further ... [read more]
Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further ... [read more] Blog: Holier Than Thou
Date: August 12th 2009
Date: August 12th 2009
But Maybe Not Quite As Much As This Place
So I mentioned that I was heading to a city that’s a country within a city today. It also happens to be the smallest country in the world at just one square kilometre and was given it’s independence from Rome in the 15th Century (I think???). It has it’s own postal service, currency, newspaper and radio station and has a unique army of [i ... read moreComment on Inside The Basilica 9
Well this is it..... my ambition and dreams.
I'll be setting off on March 30, 2009 with my friend, Amy, on the first stint of my round-the-world adventure (even though she's bailing on me just a short way in) so I've designed this travel blog so that I don't keep cluttering up your inboxes with emails while I conquer the big wide world. Feel free to subscribe so that you receive an email when I update my blog, that way you don't have to keep checking it every day.
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