The Colloseum from Palantine Hill

Four days in Rome

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April 28th 2016
This is my third trip to Rome and of all the places Stuart and I had planned to go to on this trip probably the one I was the least fussed about. I know a lot of people love the place but I just recall feeling underwhelmed by it on the previous visits. I planned to keep an open mind though and experience though a newcomers eyes! Rome was a LOT busier than I remembered. I don't know whether it w ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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