FLORENCE Photo 3

FLORENCE

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June 11th 2009
Caio! Today we went to Florence with class, we took the early train through Tuscany and the ride was beautiful! When we got to our hotel, we went to the San Lorenzo market for lunch and shopping... it was the biggest market I have ever seen! After that, we went to the Uffizi Galleries. And passed the Cathedral, called the Duomo. We spent hours in the Uffizi museums and saw some of the most import ... 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