St. Peter's Vatican City

Rome, Pisa and Vatican City

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December 29th 2004
Date: 29.12.2004 Destination: Pisa, Italy Day: 3 We reached Rome early in the morning. The night train is not as good as those in Germany, here it was more crowded and some of the passengers didn't care to make reservation, so they just sit places that are empty. We sat with a couple from Albania and they are the most talkative people I have ever met. We can't even have a short nap. After rea ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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