Florence, Italy - Acossted at the Pitti Palace, Strolling Ponte & Piazza Vechio
September 25th 2007 After some time wondering the streets, we finally find ourselves at the Pitti Palace - and it is CLOSED 😞 along with the Boboli Gardens. DARN! I was afraid of this. The palace is not closed every Monday, it just so happened to be closed on the Monday we had time to see it. We spent a little time on the Piazza and did get in a quick peek in at a garden courtyard behind the gates as it open
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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 
