Roma

The eternal city

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August 16th 2006
So much sightseeing to do and endless hordes of tourists. Met an interesting guy Paolo who was quick to tell me lots of interesting info about the Trevi Fountain but when it came to meeting up again that night i was quick to escape back to the safety of the campsite! So amazing some of the monuments. Rome has outsourced all of this particular type of marbel in the world from egypt and what not ... 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