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Venice

St Mark's Basilica.
Vibrant Venice

July 8th 2008
The gondolas were magical but the price kept us admiring them from a distance. We strolled around Saint Mark's Plaza and the Basilica but spent most of our time admiring the Murano glass, the exquisite masks and sitting by the water with a gelato or two. ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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