Vatican #1

Rome

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July 23rd 2006
Got here around midnight and after some searching found a fairly priced hotel. Spent all day just walking around, looking at all the sights. Personally I liked the colosseum the best, unfortunately we got there too late to enter. In the evening we went to the Trevi Fountain. Viking and Pri walked down to get a nice picture close to the wate ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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