Rialto Bridge

Moving on

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June 12th 2007
Walked from Trastevere across the river to get a tram to Termini. Not long to wait until our fast train leaves for Venice (via Firenze, Bologna) - long enough, though for Jo to sling off her heavy back-pack, which slammed into the side of her leg below the knee. Seemed like she might have broken something - tears of pain, difficulty walking, sitting - gave her trouble for many days after. 4. ... 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