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When in Rome...or about an hour outside of it

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December 6th 2008
I didn’t have a lot of time to spend in Rome because the fates seemed against me. Apparently I really had to earn my chance to see the Coliseum. The ship docked in Civataveccia three times while I was on board. That’s also about how long it took me to learn how to pronounce the name (like chi-va-ta-vek-ia). It’s about an hour train ride away from Rome. So the first time we were there I ... 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