St. Mark's

City of Water and Glass

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March 20th 2011
Venice – the city built on the water, the city of canals, the city of masks. All of these could describe Verona, but none of them truly capture the beauty, the confusing, twisting streets and waterways, or the barrage of colors and faces , both real and fake, that surround you. It rained on our day of travel from Verona to Venice, so once we reached the hotel – which paled in comparison to o ... 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