Laocoon

This piece was discovered in 1506 missing several pieces, but confirmed authentic by Michelangelo who told the pope at the time he must purchase it. The right arm was 'rebuilt' straight. Later, the original right arm was discovered by a museum director at someone's yard and recovered and reattached to the original sculpture. https://m.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani-mobile/en/collezioni/musei/museo-pio-clementino/Cortile-Ottagono/laocoonte.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoco%C3%B6n_and_His_Sons

First Day in Rome

August 14th 2021
On Saturday, after a couple of disappointing (not to the fault of the city) days in Naples, we checked out of our quaint hotel and hopped on a train to Rome. The countryside was filled with never-ending grape and sunflower farms and mountains in the distance. After an uneventful hour and a half ride, we arrived and found our way to the taxi pickup zone. There was a group of around 40 or 50 young m ... 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

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