our class in front of san lorenzo

Florence and Siena

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February 27th 2006
The Class went to Florence and Siena this past weekend. Florence was a beaitiful city that was clean, quiet, and very pedestrian. It was amazing to see how little the streets were actually used for cars. You would see one every now and then, but mostly it was pedestrian, which was a nice switch from Rome. There was hardly any litter or graffiti. Beautiful. The architecture was very.....decor ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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