The fountain outside the pantheon

Vatican can

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May 25th 2012
Woke up this morning to a murder of crows losing their minds over something at about five. Other than that, we had a great sleep at the monastery in our three little beds. The monastery is called St. Maria alle Fornaci, which I have assumed means St. Mary of the Fornication, and it has a very tasty included breakfast. After breakfast we caught a cab to the Pantheon, which is an amazing building de ... 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