Breakfast at Hotel

Last day in Venice

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May 28th 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008 Venice, Italy We woke up on Sunday ready to see Venice. Our plans for the day were to see St. Mark’s Square, which we had seen a little on Saturday, the Doge’s Palace, the Grand Canal, the Rialto Bridge, and if time permitted, the Academia. We did pretty well. We started at the Doge’s Palace. It was the headquarters of the non-secular rulers of Venice for several h ... 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