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Florence, Italy - Day 12 - The Day of the Vagabonds

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July 2nd 2007
Day 12 - Bon journo Italy! Photos of our adventures We arrived at our hotel at 7:30 in the morning. Apparently that was too early to check in. I must say, the man behind the desk wasn’t even the least bit sympathetic to our plight. He wasn’t even trying to work with us. So we de ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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