Rome

Day 26 Roma (Rome)

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January 2nd 2003
(Recalled Nov '09) Thursday On this day we did an Ancient Rome Tour on a bus with an excellent and informative tour guide which took in the forum, outside the Colosseum and it's arches and St Paul's outside the walls. ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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