rialto bridge at night

beautiful venice

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October 21st 2009
Ahhh beautiful venice....The city of romance, rivulets, cananls and gondalas. When we arrived it was drizzling but the sky was clear and as expected the place was beautiful...We caught the boat from the bus station on the grand canal to the foot of our hotal.....The Hotel Rialto.... Yes folks thats right we lashed out for this once as we found out our termination payments had come through (thanks ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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