St.Marks

A Venician Ending

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April 22nd 2006
Venice must be seen to be believed. It is simply remarkable knowing you are visiting a city that is slowly sinking and may not be there in a 100 years. Whether it was trying to negotiate the city’s labyrinth of canals and street side waterways, playing with pigeons in the square of St.Marco, or necking a bottle of red as the sun set on the distant horizon - Venice would provide the perfect setti ... 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