il colosseo

Finally Italy

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October 7th 2008
This is the first city where I spent money for a tour, two actually. I paid for the tour at il colosseo and Palentino. The tour for il colosseo was crap, a very long winded tour guided who kept closing his eyes while he spit out adjective after adjective after adjective after adjective to describe one single aspect. After the second stop, I eventually just started wandering off taking pictures ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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