The Old Man with a BIG Heart

O'Assisi

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February 12th 2006
It was exactly my month "anniversary" yesterday. (sigh) abt 3 more months to go. Even with the slowness of time here, the weeks are going by so fast. So, I've realized I'm not very prompt in writing in my Travelblog. And it isn't so much that I'm ridicously busy or traveling everywhere. I remain in Rome for about an month. With only a few trips here and there to the Historical Center or walks ... read more

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi

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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