The Vatican

Chapter 4 - DAY 23 - Rome

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September 29th 2011
ROME IN A DAY Today was a massive day, we hit the key sites with a vengeance, by the time we finished we would be absolutely knackered but would have had the most amazing experience. We started with a very crowded breakfast in a small Hotel dining room; crowds were to be a recurring theme throughout the day. First stop on our whirlwind tour of Rome was the Vatican – why not! If we thought we ... 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