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Cooling off.

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September 16th 2008
So another week in Florence pasted and this one was much more interesting than my last entry. I have FINALLY started to know where I am going in Florence, so that when walking home at night I can actually get home. So long as I find the Duomo, Santa Croce, Arno River or the Hotel Bernini (which is next to the Bargello) I can make it down the impossibly narrow streets and back to my apartment. Flor ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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