The Vatican & Ponte St Angelo

Rome 3

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October 19th 2007
Day 3 and we are really enjoying ourselves despite walking miles yesterday, tired but happy. We had a fantastic multi-course meal in a small family-run restaurant in the Via de Ripetta, just off the Piazza del Popolo. Sorry but can’t remember the name but it’s on the right hand side, just before or after Via Angelo Brunetti. We were strolling down to the Tiber near Ponte Umberto and leaning ... 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