Rialto brige

Venice

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June 30th 2008
Tuesday 17th June - Wednesday 18th June We arrived around midday after a 2hr train trip from Verona. Our hotel was close, only 5 minute walk so that was good. After checking in we went exploring. Venice with the canal’s is something different. Its difficult to explain what its like, very beautiful and very unique. Full of tourists though so parts of it a very crowded. In terms of sights ... 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