Rome

Rome

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July 21st 2013
Pics form Rome. The Coliseum (my favorite building), Vatican and the Pantheon. Rome is fun but I thought it was a little dingy. Lots of hotels and bed and breakfast. I stayed at a hostel but it was a private room and not the cheaper dormitory. I would have been older than anyone else in there by about 40 years. The room was ok but not worth $100. I stayed within walking distance of the train stati ... 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