View from the Campanile

Undescribable Venice

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September 24th 2006
I'll let the pictures do a lot of the talking for my day in Venice because I'm going to be posting a lot of them. It's hard to take a bad picture in this City. It's so incredibly unique and just absolutely amazing! I so hope I can come back someday. We had an early morning but I was ready to go! Loaded up on the bus for the short ride to Venice. Our tour director explained that Venice is a ... 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