Masters of Adaptive Reuse

Roman Holiday

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April 22nd 2009
It's the end of our first week in Rome and I'm not sure which I should get to recount our visit so far - my tired feet or my happy heart. Perhaps I should let them both speak. My tired feet would tell you that we have walked high and low over this eminently walkable city, and at this moment are being soothed as we sit down to a meal that we have prepared at home this evening, made entirely from ... 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