Rialto Bridge

Venice Day 2

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May 1st 2009
Today was our last day in Italy. We went on a walking tour that included St. Mark's Square and Basilica but also wandered through the maze of streets and canals that is the authentic Venice. On our own in the afternoon, we walked over the Rialto Bridge and all the way back to the train station. Then we took the Vaporetto boat along the Grand Canal all the way past St. Mark's. Venice was extrem ... 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