Venitian Masks

What makes Venice so nice

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July 17th 2006
Firstly and update on Vienna. The last day that we had there was spent just walking around, even though had a great time seeing all the old buildings and learning about them. We both didnt know that Austria came about as part of the downfall of the Roman Empire, and you can see the roman influence all around Vienna. We went to the Lippanzaner Museum which was cool, was more about the horses in ... 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