Ponte Vecchio

When in Rome...

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October 21st 2006
Ok well i know it's been a while and deffinately time to catch up!! The rest of Italy was absolutely amazing, coming from Canada it really is hard to imagine thousands of years back and all the history that one country can hold!! From Venice Val and I headed to Florence, we engaged in a few museums one in particular was to see the famous statue of David sculpted by Michelangelo....it was more ... 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