Kids at the Spanish Steps

Colosseum

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July 17th 2009
Second day in Rome. Slept past nine and it was hot when we woke up. Cleaned ourselves up and headed back to Piazza Navona for “breakfast” of croissants (called by their Italian name cornetas) and very tasty coffee. We took it slow and lingered at the shaded breakfast table, ordering a second course of pastries and coffee before heading off towards the Colosseum. The walk was a little bit o ... 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