The Basilica in Venice

Florence and Venice

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December 19th 2006
Well how could you complain about Florence, art and hand bags??? Nick may have been a little jealous about David but he really is just amazing. We may have been a little ripped off in Florence with gelato one time, 20 euros later was just a little too much... Venice was just gorgeous yet again thought we're not sure how people who live on canals survive.... Trying to make our way to St Mark ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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