The crowd at the Vatican

Roamin' Roman

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May 23rd 2012
Say what you will, no one else saw today the marvelous things I saw. Except for like, a hundred thousand other people. It was busy at the big destinations in Rome (italian pronunciation: Rrrrrrrroma), and for good reason. First we had to get there. My parents, Geoff and I bundled into our little rental car on the first sunny morning we've had in days. We found the tiny train station, P ... 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