From the Loggia dei Cavalli

The first day

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June 24th 2006
A bit of housekeeping I know it has been absolutely ages since I have written anything on here and for that I apologize. I have been to so many wonderful places that I got behind and then swamped and then buried by the amount of updating I need to do...so I did not even try. After I am home, I will work on getting pictures and everything added so that you can see some more of my adve ... 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