Rainy St. Mark's Square

Venice

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September 20th 2010
Venice...nothing we've ever seen before. A city, well actually, an island, car free and full of canals and alleys. Our first impression wasn't great due to the stormy weather, kinda hard to find a dry spot in an already-wet city. But we roughed the weather and tromped around in the pouring rain; we were starting to resent the clothes we brought "in case of rain" due to the decreasing space in ... 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