Venus by Botticelli

Poking around Florence

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September 27th 2017
The day started with a visit to the Uffizi Museum. There was a delay for admission due to a union meeting so we had to wait in line for 1 1/2 hours to enter. But the wait was worth it for the wonderful artwork within--Botticelli, Michaelangelo, da Vinci, and Raphael. Afterwards we toured the Galileo Museum that was full of amazing instruments from the 16th and 17th century and earlier. We enjoyed ... 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