Ceiling of Sistine Chapel

Last day in Europe :(

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May 9th 2009
Hello again for the last time, Just wanted to begin to say that I must keep it short (we only have 30 minutes at this internet cafe) and also to say that Rome is the most beautiful place that I have been to. At every turn there is a 1000 year old church or a 2000 year old palazzo that always excites. We found ourselves walking aimlessly through the centuries old cobbled streets and never got bo ... 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