Roma, the History is overwhelming! Photo 11

Roma, the History is overwhelming!

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August 26th 2010
Day 1: We arrived in Rome at about 4pm, to the hottest heat we had yet experienced. This is the sort of heat that creates a constant layer of sweat covering your body, I mean HOT HOT heat. I guess we get what we wished for when up in Northern Europe it was cold and we wished it was hot. We trudged through the city from the train station in hopes of finding our hostel easily. It wasn't too, ... 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