San Marcos Basillica

Venice

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May 19th 2005
YEAH Venice- we love Venice!!! And it looks just like it does in the movies, with the gondolas and canals! First we left Rome and headed to Verona, where the real Romeo and Juliet were from. It was a really neat little city, and we even checked out the infamous balcony. After a long drive we didn't do much in the evening just hung around the campground, we mostly stayed indoors as there were ... 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