Padova, Verona and Lake Garda Photo 4

Padova, Verona and Lake Garda

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March 17th 2008
Saturday and Sunday a few friends and I took an overnight trip to Padova (Padua), Verona and Lake Garda. Padova was very interesting to see because we saw one of the biggest cathedrals in the area, but also that we saw the last judgment by Giotto in a smaller cathedral. Our tour guide explained all of the panels on the walls in the allotted 15 minutes inside the actual chapel and the elaborated ou ... 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