Venice

Journey on

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September 30th 2009
Venice was great! We were only there for about 24 hours but it really felt like enough time to appreciate and enjoy it. Our hotel was on this quiet canal and our room was awesome. I'm not sure how old the building was but it was definitely hundreds of years. It had these really high beamed ceilings. We spent most of our time exploring the streets and looking in all of the cool shops. Even I ... 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