Vatican Museum

Gladiatorial Rome

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April 10th 2006
Another 6 hour bus trip from Venice and we arrived at our next destination - Rome. The bus dropped at at the mighty Collosseum. Great place to start. The ancient stadium had a great audio guide and is incredibly impressive structure, not unlike modern stadiums of today. From there, we walked past all the major attaractions - the Trevi Fountain where we trhough coins over ou ... 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