Keren with il gobbo

First Day in Venice

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May 10th 2010
Scavenger Hunt! Today we went on a scavenger hunt to get to know the city. We were split up into two teams, 4 people on each. For our team, the the hunt started in the Piazza San Marco, the main city square and perhaps one of the most famous and beautiful landmarks in the world. In the center of the square, surrounding by tourists flocked by pigeons, we were allowed to open ... 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