From the Colosseo

Roma

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July 27th 2008
Well, after an exhausting 16 hour rail ride through the Alps we made it to Rome. Very surprised at the stark differences between Germany and Italy. Germany had a strange cleanliness and organization to their stations that I doubt is rivaled anywhere else. While Italy on the other hand is a little more chaotic. I guess that is why north Italy doesn't like south Italy. Anyways, once we made i ... 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