Historical Parade

Soccer, Soccer and Pizza

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June 17th 2008
Normally Sundays in Florence are low key and on the boring side. Most of the stores are closed except for places that are very touristy. This is sometimes nice because it gives you a chance to unwind before the week begins again, but it can get irritating when stores such as the grocery store are closed making it impossible to do much of anything. This Sunday however, was not a typical Florentin ... 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