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Ravenna

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January 24th 2010
Today we took our first trip outside of Bologna. We went to the city of Ravenna, a small city about an hour and a half away by train. The city was absolutely adorable, and had it not been 10 degrees I probably would have greatly enjoyed it (also had i not had to get up at 7:30 on a saturday it would have been a better start to the day). There is a beautiful church, San Vitale, thats was made in th ... read more

Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna

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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