St. Longinus Statue

Rome then Home!!!

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June 27th 2008
Got up a little later than we planned. The hotel is very nice, but I just didn't sleep that well, and Charlene had a headache through the night (probably to very poor air quality in the area). Charlene and I went down to catch the last of breakfast, and brought back a few things for Rhiannon. We got our things packed up, Rhiannon finished getting ready, and we headed out to see Saint Peters. O ... 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