One of the Quattro Fontane; Leda and the Swan

Eight Hours of the Eternal City on Foot!

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May 1st 2007
01 May 2007: Eight Hours of the Eternal City on Foot! May 1 is of course a holiday. And checking online we discovered that many of the main attractions (Vatican for example) were closed for the holiday. So off for an extended walking tour! Heading east on the Via del Tritone, first vantage point was the Piazza Barberini with its Triton Fountain and the Palazzo Barberini just behind. The gat ... 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