Italy - Venezia and Firenze April 19th 2011 ITALY!! The food!! Gelati, pasta ... and chianti... Venice - breathtaking and beautiful, but Florence - just SO special. ... read more
Europe » Italy 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