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Palatine Hill & The Forum

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March 30th 2008
We continued our day of sightseeing by also attending a second tour to Palatine Hill and the Forum. I have never really been a proponent of guided tours before coming to a place like Italy, where so much historical context places you in the position of either needing to be a well read history buff (which I am not), or just simply missing out on a lot of what you are seeing because you do not know ... 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