Coliseum

Roman Holiday

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November 29th 2008
This was a weekend that I had been looking forward to for some time. I have always wanted to travel to Rome and see the famous city that Hollywood has filmed many times over. A place that I have read about in my history books but had yet to actually visit even though Florence is such a short distance away. Originally I was supposed to be going to Milan with my fashion class but instead I ended up ... 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