Waiting in line to ge into the Colosseum...

Rome

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April 12th 2006
So Rome was pretty amazing. There were plenty of ruins and statues and fountains and tourists. The Colosseum was definately the most breath-taking, but that is to be expected. We spent an entire day in the Vatican and another just trying to see all the other famous sites. Many things were being renovated, but everything was still gorgeous. Take a look at the pictures... ... 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