Murano Glass Museum

GETTING LOST IN VENICE ? NEVER !

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October 8th 2009
Back from our holiday in Europe in September, our 3 day stay in Venice was most memorable. We arrived by train from Rome and lugged our suitcases across the first bridge and walked about 15 minutes to our Hotel Al Sole. Unfortunately , there was an electrical fault in several rooms , so for the first night we were bumped to a room down the road in Casanova. This room was great. Though up 2 flig ... 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