Catacombs

Rome

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August 2nd 2007
Today was a nice, relaxing day in Rome. Jimmy, George, and I slept in (skipped the Vatican tour since I had already done that) and met around 9 to make our way into the city centre. We navigated the bus/train system pretty easily and were in town in no time. We went to visit the Cappucino Monks. There were bones there from over 40,000 corpses. They were all displayed in amazing formations w ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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