Tower of Pisa

Day 16

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November 13th 2007
We arrived in Rome, Italy at the Leonardo da Vinci Airport early on day 16. It was only a two hour and thirty minute flight. It was about 1am when we landed, so we took a small nap for a good three hours. We awoke at 4 am ready to leave. We knew we have lots of places to see, so we headed off. I wanted to see the leaning tower of Pisa, the Coliseum in Rome, and Parma, a re ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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