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When Still in Rome...

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March 16th 2010
ROMA Day 55 Today I was all on my lonesome in Roma. I decided that I should head to the Vatican and do my Catholic duty. I wasn’t too sure what to expect to feel when entering the Vatican seeing as it is practically the Mecca for Catholics. When I arrived I felt absolutely NOTHING! Not even the slightest hint that it was ... 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