St. Michael

More Rome!

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July 6th 2010
Today I had planned on going to Pompeii. That was before I realized that I'd much rather have a slow, steady day than one rushes to catch a train bright and bloody early, wander around, and then take another three hours to get back to Rome (yup, takes three hours, roughly, one way). So to make up for yesterday, I spent the morning at the Castel Sant'Angelo, wandering around, generally being a ... 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