St Mark's Square

Venice

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September 4th 2007
From Dubrovnik we flew to Venice and spent three nights in an apartment right in the centre of Venice just off St Mark's Square. Venice is made up of 117 small islands, 150 canals and 409 bridges and as we flew into Venice airport we were lucky enough to have sensational views of Venice as it bathed in the late afternoon sunshine. From the air you really get to see how isolated from the mainland t ... 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