Amphitheatre

Stuck in Venice

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June 16th 2007
Yesterday thought i might do a day trip to Verona, 2hr train ride then a walk into town. Such a hot day again, hate to think what a month will be like. Verona has such a pretty square, mostly because of the massive amphitheatre in the middle of it. Its the 3rd largest in the world an the best preserved. Its the cities opera house, The Who were playing a week before an Muse this weekend. Inside wa ... 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