Doge's palace

The Palazzo Ducale, the home to the Doge, the elected prince of Venice. (Although when he was elected, he was elected for life. So if you thought Bush was in office for too long...) :)

An evening in San Marco

August 1st 2008
Last night, I decided to take a stroll before the sun set and Venice was too hard to navigate (which isn't saying much, since it's impossible in the daylight as well). I was in San Marco's piazza some ten years ago, and remember it being pretty cool, but I thought the tourist awe had perhaps waned a bit. Not a chance. This is a beautiful place, so I had my first gelato (I promised the trainer only ... 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

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