A Burano Archway

From Venice with Love

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April 16th 2007
Saturday was a momentous occasion in Italian history. Was it an anniversary of a war of yesteryear? Establishment of a stable long-term government? The end of strikes? No. An Alitalia flight landed, gasp, 10 minutes early! And I was on it! Brilliant. After swooping over what were probably the Austrian and Italian Alps, we banked softly south and shortly landed alongside the beautiful city of V ... 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