The Duomo

We'll Always Have Florence

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December 17th 2009
Florence, what a place to end a European adventure! Elyse and I traveled to Florence for a day and a half to wrap up our 11 weeks of European adventures, from London to Zurich, Dublin and Munich, we have traveled Western Europe and loved every minute of it! Florence, a short train ride from Venice, was our last stop and we were excited to see the art and Tuscany scenery. We arrived mid afternoon F ... 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