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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]
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] Blog: Roma!
Date: October 3rd 2009
Sadly I had allocated only two and a half days to explore Rome. I spent the first half day wandering around and allowing myself to stumble in to beautiful buildings and churches (sounds like I bumped my head on them doesn't it? But you know what I mean!). Everywhere you turn here there is beautiful old architecture. The Trevi Fountain suprised me because it's so large for such a small square! It's ... read more
Date: October 3rd 2009
Sadly I had allocated only two and a half days to explore Rome. I spent the first half day wandering around and allowing myself to stumble in to beautiful buildings and churches (sounds like I bumped my head on them doesn't it? But you know what I mean!). Everywhere you turn here there is beautiful old architecture. The Trevi Fountain suprised me because it's so large for such a small square! It's ... read more
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