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Rome and Vatican City

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July 27th 2009
For Wayne’s birthday I booked us a trip to Rome. We flew with Ryan Air from Stansted to Rome Ciampino Airport. The flight was just over 2 hours and went smoothly. We arrived in Rome late Friday morning, checked into our hotel and changed before heading out for some lunch and over to the Colosseum. We had a lovely meal of pasta and pizza. We had miscalculated the location of our hotel so end ... 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