Whats left of the Colosseum

Rome

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October 4th 2005
I loved Rome! Nice big city. I've given up on being the super traveler. I'm museumed out so to speak. So what do I see? The Vatican. Talk about lots of art and stuff. The Sistine Chapel was cool. I swear the images got bigger the more you stared. Maybe it was the heat and the crowds of people. I felt like a sardine on canning day. The room was stuffed! Rafaels rooms were also very cool. My favo ... 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