Teatro Massimo

Long lost family!

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April 16th 2006
I thought I was going on this trip to find my roots, but on the way I happened to find one of the most beautiful places in the World. I knew off the bat that this trip would be a bit different while I was boarding my Alitalia flight from Rome to Sicily. I realized that I was the only foreigner/traveler on the whole plane. I started chatting with the guy next to me and he told me that everyone on t ... 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