Santa Maria del Fiore

"Did that guy just take a picture of me??"

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June 12th 2010
Florence We woke up early today to go to the Accademia museum, to discover that not only did our washing machine not work, but we also had no power. After many calls, and a yawning Alessandro on our hands, we finally got our electricity restored. No news on the laundry... We did eventually make our way to the Accadamia, which is much much smaller than the Uffizi, but is none less ... 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