Piazza Venezia with Victor Emmanuel Monument

This monument, also referred to as the Wedding Cake, is opposite our hotel at the south end of the Piazza Venezia, next to the Capitoline Hill. It commomorates the unification of Italy in 1870 and the first king.

Rome Marathon

March 21st 2010
Sunday - 21 March No, I didn't run the Rome Marathon, but I almost walked that distance. My legs are killing me, so I can really sympathize with the runners. This evening, while walking along the Via Corso, I met an older lady (older than me) from Utah. She had come to Rome for her second marathon. Her time was over six hours, an improvement over last year, and she was hoping to improve her t ... read more

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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

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