San Maro

This church was built over the body of Saint Mark (the apostle) in the 9th century AD. His body was 'appropriated' from Egypt by two Venetians and Saint Mark was made the patron saint of the city.

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Venice

August 29th 2009
Hi Everyone! Independent travel is a fascinating business. Planning everything yourself and finding your own way around can be almost a full time job in itself. This is the opposite of joining a tour group and letting someone else do all the planning and following them around blindly like a puppet. You don't have to think about anything, you can just let someone hold your hand. I don't appr ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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

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