Italy's Westminster Abbey
Since the church now charged a 5 Euro entrance fee and I had been inside twice befor I opted to wait outside while Gail, her mother, Gen and Tyler walked through.
Inside are the mortal remains of Michelangelo,Galileo, Machiavelli, Rossini, the Ghibertis, Bartolini, and many of the people that kicked Dante out of Florence. When Dante was exiled from Florence he vowed he would never return. This monument commemorates one of Florence's most famous sons, but he is actually buried in Ravenna.
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 
