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Smallest Country on Earth (Day 80)

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July 29th 2010
Woke up just as Matteo was getting home from work again. This time he was dead tired so it was just Philip and I for the day. Both of us wanted to see the Vatican before he left Rome so we headed over there for the day. Your introduction to the place is St. Peters Square which is pretty mesmerizing. The scale of it alone makes you stop and stare. We had to give up on our plan to start with St ... 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