Florence 1

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May 22nd 2008
Greetings! I am almost at the end of week 1 in Florence. It is hard to believe that this much time has gone by. At the end of classes today, week 1 of classes is over and the students head out for a weekend trip. I hope their hiking isn't too dampened by rain. Not much new to report since yesterday, but I am posting some photos. A lot of them were taken from my apartment window. They incl ... read more

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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