Coliseum

Rome/Roma: Travelers even the score!

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July 8th 2008
Ahhhh....Roma, "The Eternal City". We finally get even with Rome. What a beautiful city. It seems everywhere in Rome there are sacred ruins that can be found strewn everywhere. RJ really loves this city, says he want to go to school there. Yesterday, as Yvonne previously mentioned, we got to the Coliseum in the early evening after the last tour had long since finished and it seemed like we had ... 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