Cathedral in Palermo

A Field Trip In Sicily??

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October 21st 2007
Palermo & Monreale Soooo I arrived back from Lausanne on Sunday, had two midterms in Humanities and Religion 501 on Monday, then woke up at 4am on Tuesday morning to get on a flight to Sicily!! We were headed to this beautiful island off the southern coast of Italy for our Fall Field Trip!! Our flight arrived in Palermo at around 8am and we went off into the city to learn lots of ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily

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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