Vatican

Different strokes

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October 18th 2005
Here still in Roma. I went to the Sistine chapel today. it was so beyond belief magnificent. I have never seen anything this wonderful in my life. The art of Michaelangelo just blew me away. Such detail, and the ability to make everything jump out at you. He captures the (naked) male body in a way no one else can. He must have done a lot of "studying" to perfect it in such a way (note, allegedly ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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