Pantheon

Journal 3

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September 5th 2006
I dont know why, because it hasnt been true this entire trip, but for some reason whenever I travel somehwere I expect to see similar sights. I was just getting used to buildings and other stuff being 600 years old, and then I go to italy where they knock it down to build a road if it is only 600 years old. I have a couple friends that are studying with the UC system in Rome, so it was nice to ... 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