Florence

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July 14th 2008
We explored the art and the beauty this Tuscan city had to offer in the small amount of time we had. We went to Galleria D'Accademia and saw the statue of 'David' and wandered around and in the Duomo Cathedral. Jarryd and Barbara spent a few hours amazed at the Italian Renaissance art in The Uffizzi Gallery, especially "the Birth of Venus" by Botticelli. We also took the open-top bus and leisurely ... 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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