Vatican: same as it's been for years, but cool

Rome

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May 15th 2009
We've missed a bit. We visited Pisa, saw a tower what was leaning, that's about the summation of our Northern Italy jaunt. After Pisa we made a beeline for Rome. We arrived late afternoon and found, surprisingly, the cheapest campsite yet in Italy. Camping Roma, it had excellent facilities and a great, if expensive, bar. As we set up the tent a guy introduced himself to us, Alex Duke, what ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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