The Colosseum

Beautiful Roma

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May 25th 2006
I think 'relaxed traveller' pretty much sums up my attitude to travelling, and believe me, Si can back me up. I'm fairly sure that leaving your passport under the couch in your old flat is probably not what my mother would consider a 'safe place'. So after the slightly chaotic night and early morning trekking half way across London to retrieve it, and a days work, we set off for Roma. I had nev ... 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