Michaelangelo sculpture in Minerva Church

Exhausting Rome

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September 2nd 2007
There is a lot to see in Rome. We smashed it all into two exhausting days. The first day we started early in the morning at the Vatican museums. The line went on forever, but the wait was worth it. We hit the highlights inside. A full tour would take days. The Sistine Chapel was probably my favorite thing to see inside, but again, no pictures! Then we headed to St Peter's Basilica. It ... 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