The Grand Canal

Venizia

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September 26th 2007
Kevin will have loaded more pictures from our Chatillon Stay into our last blog, so take the time and peruse the pics…. Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - Ah, Venizia at last! A city totally on water, with access into it by boat only….Knowing that we were going to be severely limited by the amount of luggage we could bring in with us after parking the car, we had reorganized everything we wo ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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