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When in Rome...

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March 15th 2010
ROMA Day 54 This morning I woke up super excited to meet up with my new friend Rob. We headed first to the Colosseo and Palentine Hill. As we walked towards the ancient ruins there are all these regular city type buildings and then WHAM there are these ancient sites straight out of history and I literally had to stop for a moment to ... 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