Interesting statues!

Polermo

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April 28th 2008
28 April 2008 We had a long but as usual enjoyable day exploring Palermo, the capital of Sicily. The morning was spent looking around churches, back streets, markets, city gates, the cathedral and theatres. The city is built in the shadow of 609 m high Monte Pellegrino and in the afternoon we took an exciting bus ride to the Santuario di Santa Rosalila on the mountain. We walked from there ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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