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St. Peter's Basilica

Rome

July 12th 2010
I took a train from Florence to Rome, and arrived in Rome in the afternoon. The hostel was very close to the train station, so I didn’t get a whole lot to see before checking in. Once checked in, my first order of business was to watch Spain and Germany in the World Cup semifinals match. I had already planned to be in Barcelona on the 11th of July, which was the date of the World Cup final. ... read more
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Italian Flag 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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