Gondola

The city of canals

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January 15th 2006
On the ferry goin along the grand canal and the ambulance goes past, a boat! there are no cars or motor bikes at all in Venice all boats! crazy shit hey! It's not a very big city and i have all day, so i'll just tour about, no need for a map! Over this bridge, along that canal, through this skinny walkway, over that bridge, into this chrch (mainly to warm up), over another litle bridge & along ... 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