piazza popolo

pax romano

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May 24th 2008
I had a bit of a surley night of drinking, and saying good bye to my new little irish buddy, rob. he's headed to naples first, so ill get the low-down on the town from him. Today i started off where i left off the day before. I walked all of what is considered the city centre. saw the pantheon, which was pretty amazing. parliment was nice, and the castel san angelo was really neat. i walk ... 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