Maddalena

The Querini Stampalia Biblioteca still has its original pre-1990 books on card catalog. Crazy!

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August 14th 2008
Mercoledi (Wednesday), 13 Agosto 2008 I walked home from class this evening under a full moon, a cool breeze, and some distant rumblings of thunder. The sky was magnificent - a full moon- and I was thinking of the days to come, my upcoming flight to Sicily, and leaving Venice. After the sun sets, most would say that Venice is dead. The majority of tourists have packed it in and the walkways ... 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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