Mosiaic

Italian Adventure!

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October 12th 2012
The Musei Vaticano & Sistine Chapel Our tour of the Vatican Museums begins with our first significant wait in line. We take a taxi to the Vatican Museum in the rain, rather than walking, arriving about 30 minutes before the tour. Rome is even more beautiful in the rain, everything sparkles and shines with added glamourous mystery. The museum guards are attempting to corral a few hundre ... 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