Colosseum

Rome day 1

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October 15th 2012
Monday Oct 15th Early start with a 1.5 hour high speed (155 mph) train ride to Rome. The ride was smooth and quiet compared to the ride on the regional train to Pisa. After arrival took the subway to our hotel near Vatican City. Then hopped on, what else, a bus. Again the right route going the wrong direction only this time the bus went out-of-service at the end of the route so we had to wa ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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