Christmas is St.Peter’s Square

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January 22nd 2021
30/12 Rome Another busy day ‘On Tour’ Saint Peter's Square Rome The dimensions of the square are spectacula: 320 meters long and 250 meters wide. The construction of the square was carried out between 1656 and 1667 with the support of Pope Alexander XII. The paving is varied by radiating lines to relieve what might otherwise be a sea of straight slabs. In 1817 circular stone ... 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