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The Grand Canal from the gondola.
Venice!

July 5th 2005
We arrived in Venice at 9.30pm and got lost with our suitcases before eventually finding the hotel. Wednesday we went wandering the streets. We went for a walk to Piazetta San Marco and saw the Basilica di San Marco (and then on Thursday we went back to go up the campanile Bell Tower for an aerial view of Venice). It is quite neat walking along the streets - there are no cars, just these craz ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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