Piazza San Marco from the Grand Canal

Venice

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September 28th 2008
Even more jaded in Venice...tourists everywhere, damn them! It was hot and crowded, after making our way to Piazza San Marco we wandered back through the San Croce neighbourhood. We were rewarded, it seemed much more like the "real" Venice - friendly bakery (delicious lunch and espresso!!) no one understood English and the buildings were "delightfully shabby", just as our guidebook promised. It wa ... 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