Florence, Italy

Florence

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April 20th 2005
Today we got up ready to go on a gondola, but it was pouring rain (and hailing!!!). We walked around for a few hours -- and by chance passed this place that had Leonardo Da Vinci's inventions (they had made models off his notes/drawings). We had heard about this before we left so we decided to check it out. He was a very smart guy. We took a train to Florence and along the way there was pretty ... 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