Venice-Lido

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June 19th 2009
Venice- Part 2 Monday June 15 After breakfast we took a boat to Lido. Lido is the island in Venice that has a free beach. We found the beach and stayed there for about an hour and half. We didn't know we were going to the beach while we were in Venice, so we did not have our swimsuits. We just kicked around in the water and laid on the beach. It was really nice. After the beach we had pani ... 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