View of Rome from the St. Peters Dome

Roaming around Rome

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September 16th 2009
Day 511 (4/9/09) (Around 25km of walking!) We checked out of Hotel Aquarium (missing breaky) and made our way to Yellow Hostel a funky hostel with private bathroom, aircon, and bar next door) we dropped off our bags and went out to explore Rome... in the rain (only our third day of rain in nearly 3 months travel.. so it was kinda nice). Straight to Rome's largest sight the Collosuem, given the ra ... 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