St Marks Square

Venice

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July 24th 2017
Arriving by train we were told at the station by a young lady it was only a short walk to the dock to find our ship, and we should be able to manage it easily. It ended up being a tricky journey pulling our suitcases over bridges and cobbled streets for about three kilometres we finally reached our ship. We later found there was a people mover, a type of mono rail that could have taken us most of ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto

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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