Vatican City July 14th 2011 Vatican City was simply magnificent. We only saw the highlights and it still took over 4 hours! The pictures tell the story -
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Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome 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