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Rome

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January 9th 2009
Today is our last day in Roma - head off to London in the morning. The boys are looking forward to seeing Arsenal tomorrow afternoon - the girls will be shopping in Oxford Street. The last 2 days have rained and allowed us some time to catch our breath, we are all getting tired and missing home. Our highlight in Rome has been Vatican City. We were kicked out of the sistine chapel becau ... 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