inside dome

Florence

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June 18th 2006
This is the city I studied about for almost a year. Where the renaissance was born. We're arriving on a Sunday and late because of our stop in Pisa so we won't be able to see anything today or tomorrow...museums closed on Monday...but we did get a chance to walk around. I'll tell you the truth, my first glimpse of the Duomo and Brunelleschi's dome made me cry. It's so breathtakingly beautiful. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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