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Colosseum!! Day 9 - Part I

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March 9th 2008
To say that seeing the colosseum was amazing would be an understatement. Seeing the Colosseum in person makes you gasp outloud, smile, cry, twitch.... it leaves you breathless and wanting more. Your breath catches in your throat, the first time you see it.You could see a thousand pictures over the course of your lifetime, watch a million documentaries, but to see it in person? To see its ... 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