Assisi, Italy

Travel to Rome

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April 2nd 2011
All roads lead to Rome! The day of the Church.... that's what I'm calling today.... We saw the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy and then on to Rome and a tour of the Vatican Museums, St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistene Chapel. It was a busy day! It really a awesome day. We had an incredible local tour guide... a Franciscan monk.... for our tour of Assisi. Unfortunately ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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