St. Peters

Ciao Roma!

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July 3rd 2009
Day 2 of my Roman adventure started out with a trip to the Vatican. This place is UNBELIEVABLE! We walked all through the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. Everything was just so exquisite. It was so unreal to see these famous paintings that I’ve learned about in history classes so many times. The Last Judgment painting was so enormous and beautiful. Michelan ... 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