Sant'Ambrogio

The dream overtook me, I had no choice but to build it

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September 22nd 2010
Florence has proven again its majesty. But not majesty like a famed city made of gold, or a romanticized time of Kings and Queens, but instead more hidden and subtle. The architecture that holds the old city together is like walking through the pages of a history book. The churches stand as permanent shadows of the past, as permanent reminders of the strength of belief in the past. On every ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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