skyline over the forum

First impressions

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November 29th 2006
If there’s any one thing that stands out about Rome, it’s not the history. It would most certainly have to be the people. As a matter of fact, the history just sort of blends in, and if you don’t stop and look, you might very well miss it. Ok, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. It’s kind of hard to miss certain things, such as the Victor Emmanuel II monument or the Colosseum, but it all ... 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