blurry, but all of the circles had babies in them

How many students does it take to buy soccer tickets?!

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February 18th 2009
Okay, so today started super early with our 2nd official tour of the city! We saw a hospital for abandoned babies (the one that began the perfectly propotioned buildings that used mainly cirlces and squares, Santo Lorenzo (Saint Lawrence) church which was built by the Medici family (one of the ruling families of Florence), the Medici tombs (designed and carved entirely by Michelangelo), and anothe ... 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