Rome

Bella Roma

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April 10th 2007
After being in Europe for 2.5 years Barrie still hadn’t been to Rome. So for Easter 2007 we thought we’d spend this Christian holiday in the most Christian of Christian cities, Rome. We arrived on Good Thursday night and shared a cab into town with a nice French couple who could thankfully speak a little Italian. Our hostel turned out to be Mamma’s house. A large apartment where Mamma, Pap ... 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