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Rome Last Day

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May 16th 2010
We rode the open top round and round bus around Rome which gives you a great view looking down on the people. Got off at the Coliseum and Grant did the tour while I found some more cobble lanes to walk (and and a Gelato). Got off at the Pantheon, piazza Novaona , church of Santa Maria, Spanish Steps - check out the video. The Spanish steps are surrounded by up market shops. I saw the most ex ... 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