Villa Borghese

Roma

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May 1st 2008
I'm finally updating! I know you are all very excited. Monday morning, Libby and I got back from our last vacation. We were gone for two weeks, so I will put up many posts...be patient with me. For this vacation we decided to do a little "tour d'Italie et tour de France". Our first destination was Rome, Italy. We left Perpignan around noon, Friday April 11. We had a couple of layovers ... 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