Inside the Arena (A mini-colleseum in Verona)

In fair Verona

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February 23rd 2007
Verona, home to the bard's timeless tale Romeo and Juliet, and a city that has certainly prospered as a result of this claim to fame. There is some debate in the travel guides as to authenticity of the city's claim to house the true sites of Juliet's house and her tomb (major tourist attractions in Verona) but Adam and I chose to go along with it in any case...Much more fun to be swept up and roma ... 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