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When in Rome...

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February 25th 2005
When in Rome in February, take an umbrella - it rains a lot. We took the EuroStar down to Rome on the 25th, after the whirlwind tour of Northern Italy I was looking forward to staying in one city for a few days, less time on trains more time seeing things. Four days hasn't been enough, Rome is so full of things to see and do - least in the daytime - that I've not had chance to visit Po ... 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