Colosseum

The last day of our adventure

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June 24th 2006
Hello all! What a whirlwind Rome has been. We arrived at a decent time 7:00 p.m., found our hotel across from the train station and headed out for a fabulous dinner. The next morning we were up at 6:30 a.m. to head to the Vatican, St. Peter's Church, 250 steps at Michaelangelo's Stairs, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Treve Fountain, Colaseum (Debe's spelling), and off to another wonderful dinner. Thi ... 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