C&K St Peters

Rome

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April 21st 2007
Arriving in Rome we were feeling the pretty tired so we took the afternoon off to relax, leaving us two full days to come of siteseeing. Day 1 was siteseeing Vatican City, and this was fantastic. St Peters Basillica was amazing - and it was one of few things to see that were FREE! We went to the Vatican Museum where the line was all the way around the block, so Craig pulled a swifty and casually ... 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