Cathedral and Campanile

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June 6th 2011
We took a bus from the campsite into Florence for the day, along with half of the campsite residents it seemed! They had to lay on an extra bus. Once there the story was similar with lots of tour groups arriving. We quickly headed for the Academia (Art/sculpture museum), hoping to get there before the queues started, only to find it was shut (Mondays), as were other museums and gardens we had want ... 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

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