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Exploring Rome Day One

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July 3rd 2007
We headed out from our hotel to get a measure of the city and do some exploring on our own before we hooked up with our driver to take us to Tivoli to visit the Roman Villas D'Este where the Tivoli Gardens re and Villa Adriana. We struck out walking and headed for Barberini Square. Along the way we got our second look at traffic in Rome, basically insane. In the course of 6-8 blocks we saw hun ... 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