Inside the colosseum

Day 3 in Rome

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June 5th 2008
We did our 2nd Tour with "Through Eternity" which was of the Colosseum & Forum with our very informative guide Jennifer. We loved the Colosseum and D even had his picture taken with a Roman Centurian (corny). After we were finished the tour we decided to wander around....found a spot to have lunch and then off we went again....and got lost...quite a few times. Which worked out wonderfully as ... 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