Pantheon from the outside

Roma - Part 2

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September 15th 2007
Hi! We have made it to Tuscany!!! I am sitting in the common area of a 13th century convent near the town of Montepulciano Italy - amazing - but more on that later. First to finish the Rome review. The city of Rome has a very relaxed and free feel to it, which surprised me being such a large city in a word it is fantastic. When walking through the streets of Rome, everytime you turned a cor ... 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