Rome

Day 28 Roma (Rome)

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January 4th 2003
(Recalled Nov '09) Saturday Back to the Pantheon for another look, and inside the Colosseum, then up to Palatine Hill. Our last day in Rome. ... 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