The Pantheon

Piazzas and Pizzas

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June 28th 2006
Roma, Roma, Roma…well, to be honest, I did not think I was going to get to Rome on this trip, but my good friend Claudia and I were trying to figure out a way to see each other since she lives in Zurich and I’m in France. Okay, maybe not the closest, but closer than we’ve been in a few years. Actually, we were quite determined to meet up as we met six years ago (we lived together in Scotla ... 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