Vatican

Florence & Rome

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September 24th 1974
Day 12 Tuesday Patricia Dorsey Murphy Rome Rainy then clear and cool Arrived Rome after 6:00. Ate lunch outside of Florence after a tour of Firenze. We saw Michelangelo’s David...outstanding. Went inside the Cathedral of Mary of the Flower. nice tour. This evening Mother, Daddy, Dianne and I found a nice inexpensive restaurant to have dinner in and went on a tour of Rome ..saw ruins, Co ... 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