The Tortoise Fountain

Trastevere and the Jewish Ghetto

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June 5th 2008
Thursday, June 5- Wondering through Trastevere and the Jewish Ghetto When we went to sleep last night we had all plans of waking up and catching the 10:00 bus to head to Vatican City. Instead, we managed to get on the bus around 3:15 because we were both so tired from all of the sightseeing and then missed the 2:00 bus because Nicole read the schedule wrong! After we got off the Metro, we heade ... 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