The apostle statues on top of the facade

Cupola, chocolate, and countryside

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October 26th 2014
Friday (24/10) To the top of the cupola! The Make It Count program here that I am a part of is all about counting your daily steps and making sure that you make you time spent traveling count by going out and seeing as much as you can. And on this day, I participated in a group activity put together by the SLA in charge of MIC: climbing to the top of the cupola of St. Peter's Basilica. I ... 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