venice

setimana quattro (Venice for Carnivale)

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February 20th 2007
For the last couple of weeks soccer stadiums here have been off limits to the public because a police officer died at a game a few weeks ago while trying to stop a fight. Now they are starting to relax the rules again and might let non-season ticket holders in. I have been waiting to see when/if I will be able to go to a game or more while I am here, next wednesday is a game, so keep your finger ... 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