St Mark's Basilica

Venice had it

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October 17th 2008
Venice was so beautiful it created a time delay for this journal - so here's a summary of my stay there. I could feel it from the train ride in from the main land, going over the connection looking out over the water I could sense I was going to like Venice. Arrived at the train station walked out and just stood in awe. It was basically like all the pictures I'd ever seen were in motion before ... 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