Roman Forum

.Roman Forum and Colosseum

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March 4th 2010
(Thursday March 4) Rainy day today. We started the day on the hop on/hop off bus and rode to Palantine Hill where we checked out the ruins and the Roman Forum. Then we headed over to the Colosseum. Wow. Old stuff. LOTS of walking. My dogs were barking by the time we hit the metro to head back downtown. ... 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