Temp of Hercules

Field Trip Friday

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February 20th 2009
Today I had two classes that span two hours each. The first class is Architecture and the second class is Ancient Rome: History and Myth. For Architecture we went to Castel Sant' Angelo which once used to be the burial ground for Hadrian emperor of Rome and later converted to a Castle to protect Rome from the barbarians to the North. In Medieval times and present day it is a fortress for the p ... 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