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Gondolas with Isola di Giorgio Maggiore in the background  
   

Gondolas with Isola di Giorgio Maggiore in the background

My walk to the Arsenale...

July 21st 2012
As I walked out of the shadow into the Piazza San Marco, I was quickly caught up in throngs of people moving thru the square sightseeing. I remember the first time I saw the domes of the Bascilica di San Marco reaching up to the sky with the Campanile di San Marco towering above everyone. In addition to the mulititudes of people moving about the square, you cannot fail to notice the incredible amo ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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