At Saint Croce

First tourist stop

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January 11th 2008
Our first real tourist stop was Saint Croce church. We picked it because it was close to the apartment and we thought we could get there quickly in the cold rain, thunder and lightning. We discovered the church was actually colder than the outdoors, but it was only damp, not rainy. The highlight of the church is the tomb of Galileo. What amazed me the most about seeing this tomb was that it brough ... 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