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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]
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] Blog: And in Ring #2: Wanderlust vs. Life in the ‘Hood
Date: August 10th 2005
While flipping through some cultural magazine, I once read, “If you really want to know a country, work there.” And I must admit, there is a lot of truth to that statement. For even though I had lived in Rome for 8 months prior to my current sojourn here, I feel that I know the city in a completely different way due to my experience in the last 10 weeks. As a student I may have wrapped up i ... read more
Date: August 10th 2005
While flipping through some cultural magazine, I once read, “If you really want to know a country, work there.” And I must admit, there is a lot of truth to that statement. For even though I had lived in Rome for 8 months prior to my current sojourn here, I feel that I know the city in a completely different way due to my experience in the last 10 weeks. As a student I may have wrapped up i ... read more
