Doge's Palace

Carnivale de Venezia!!

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February 17th 2009
Ciao!! So over the lovely weekend of Valentine's Day, February 14, 15, and even Monday the 16 Ben and I traveled to Venice for Carnivale. For those of you not familiar with Carnivale, it's where the US gets the celebration of Mardi Gras. Basically Carnivale is a two week celebration before the start of the Lenten season where people, for some reason that I didn't catch on to, dress up in c ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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