![Kamie yelled "Look at those knockers!"](http://photos.travelblog.net/370842/997836/s/9604320-kamie-yelled-quot-look-at-those-knockers-quot-0.jpg "Kamie yelled "Look at those knockers!"")
![These "eggs" are all over our hotel - trash cans!](http://photos.travelblog.net/370842/997836/s/9604306-these-quot-eggs-quot-are-all-over-our-hotel--trash-cans-0.jpg "These "eggs" are all over our hotel - trash cans!")
![Plane Water with "Altitude"](http://photos.travelblog.net/370842/997836/s/9604301-plane-water-with-quot-altitude-quot-0.jpg "Plane Water with "Altitude"")
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...more history