from the top of the duomo, looking out over the galleria, and in the distance are skyscraper apartment/business buildings...

I’VE WALKED PASSED IT A MILLION TIMES AND NEVER ACTUALLY GONE IN…

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March 26th 2005
Pavia and Milano March 26, 2004 When I was a teacher, I once had a conversation with several teachers that helped me understand the difficulty I was having with some of my students. We talked about the different perspective and character that develops in the children of families whose ancestors chose to immigrate to the United States and the children of families who were forced, commonly th ... 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