Ponte Vecchio

A few museums

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October 11th 2012
Sorry. Learning how to blob and missed a few clicks. so they should be more regular now. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were spent inside churches and museums where no pictures were allowed so not too muchg to say. Went to San Lorenzo church, Uffizi (about 5 hours! Lots of pictures in 50 rooms on 2 floors), Accedemia (David), and the Palazzo Piti with the Boboli Gardens. We are pretty tired so ... 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