St Pietro Basilica

Roma. Day : San Pietro

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November 17th 2007
I cannot begin to describe how amazing Rome is. We had heard a lot, obviously it's got great history, sites, relics, birth of Christianity etc but also crime, street kid gangs, beggars, thieves, rip off artists and other rorts. Well, maybe it was just good luck but we saw precious little of any of this. The Italians were all polite, helpful to the point of being charming, gorgeous (well, I alr ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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