Chiesa di S. Croce

Florence Pt. II

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July 29th 2010
We awoke a little later than we would have liked at 7:50, as we had to checkout of one hostel and into another. We dumped our bags and went to Cafe Degli Innocate where we got a small sandwich, pastry, coffee and orange juice for only 3.80 - an orange juice alone should have cost us 4 Euro. We then headed straight for Santa Maria Del Fiore (The Duomo) as we expected queues, and got there at 9:35 ... 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