Rome

When in Rome....

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June 30th 2006
Quick update about the rest of Madrid first. Tuesday, we got a very short tour of the Spanish Parliment building. Had class. Tuesday night was the futbol game between Spain and France so we went back to the Colon to watch it. It was unbelieveable crazy. We got there a few minutes after the game started and there were people in the crowd with flares because Spain had scored. Some of the guy ... 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