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My Roman Birthday

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June 8th 2007
My 20th birthday was spent in the grand city of ROMA ITALIA. Not too shabby, eh? It was encompassed by touring the city in the morning, with our crazy tour guide Ada, who was rather vecchia, and shaking, but she was amazing. We did the quick and easy version of everything in Rome. We saw the Piazza Venezia, the Forum, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps with her. At the Spanish ... 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