The EuroTraveler's Journey to the Florence Baptistery and Through the "Gates Of Paradise"
March 26th 2009 Located just outside the front doors of the Florence Duomo, is a weathered old building, octagonal in shape and Romanesque in design that beckons tourists to come and discover its rich history and inner beauty. Literally a diamond in the rough, upon closer inspection, you'll discover bronze doorways that glisten in the Florentine sunshine and contained within its eight walls, the brilliance of go
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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 
