Milan's Duomo

Milano Italia

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October 29th 2009
We came back from Madrid on Tuesday so we still had a couple days of Fall break left. Me and my roommate decided to go to Milan for the day. We took the train and it took about 2 1/2 or 2 hours and 45 minutes to get there. Once we got there, we went to the Duomo in Milan. It was very pretty, I think it was better than the Duomo in Florence, but just the front of it. We didn't get to climb to the t ... 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