Roman Forum

When In Rome...

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February 25th 2008
Ciao! This past weekend I went to Rome, Italy for a quick four-day vacation. It was love at first site! So far this is my favorite city (besides Barcelona of course 😊 The people in Rome are extremely friendly, always smiling, and had so much Italian character in everything they did. And not to mention the Italians are much more handsome than the Spanish… but this is just my opinion. We ar ... 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