Torcello ruins

Europe 9: Isles of Venice

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July 14th 2008
Venetian glass has been made in Murano Island for ages. We took the vaporetto from Piazza San Marco and cruised over to Murano; the ride took 30 minutes. We had the choice of getting down at Navagero, Museo, Colonna or Faro. Since everyone in the boat got down at Navagero, we followed them. A man standing at the pier invited us to go inside a building to watch glass blowing in the workshop. It was ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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