Titus' Arch

Rome, (the not so) Eternal City

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May 15th 2008
Hi Everyone, Yesterday we did "Rome in a day"! We left at 8:30 am and made it back at 9:00 pm. Short of a coffeebreak, lunch and supper we walked all day! Yeah, those Albertans aren't afraid of walking! It's the quickest way to get around the city. We saw oodles of old (1500's) churches, the Pantheon, now a R.C. church (27 B.C.), and of course, the Colloseum. Not to mention the rest of the stuf ... 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