Another photo of the duomo

Our final day in Milan

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March 17th 2009
Our time in Milan was coming to an end on our third day of travelling, but as a bunch of tourists, there's always a hell of a lot to do! Even if this turned out to be another lazy day walking around the city and stopping for food and drink, the sites were still magnificent. We would often head back to the centre of the town towards the Duomo as it was such a wonderful scene to behold. This was ... 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