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Florence

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August 30th 2012
Hi everyone. We have had a hugeweek with the Carters tour around Italy. Left Rome on Monday after an amazing party night. It was a Roman toga theme and as per the photos we all dressed up and were treated to amazing night. On Tuesday we travelled through the Tuscany countryside and stopped at Orvieto and San Gigignamo. Beautiful architecture and scenery. Arrived in Florence later that night. Did ... 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