Rome 124

When in Rome...

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June 6th 2010
…I saw so much! I only had two full days here, and they were packed full of site seeing and adventure! I arrived on Friday afternoon and grabbed a taxi to my hotel, checked in and then wandered to find my “bearings” and figure out where I was in relation to the train station so I could hop on a tour bus tomorrow. The days I’ve traveled tend to make me really tired, so I haven’t done much ... 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