the colosseo

We've seen Roma

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June 18th 2009
we are here! one delay - in omaha no less. beautiful weather like nebraska, 33 Celcius. the first day we did an audio tour of the Coliseum and learned lots. even al was impressed. the history & the engineering are most impressive. according to the pedometer we walked 20000 steps. i don't think so. still it was a lot of steps. that was wednesday. thursday we had the tour of the Vatican mu ... 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