Via Appia Antica

Day 14 - June 27 - Via Appia Antica

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June 27th 2010
Sam was particularly excited about this day, which we had set aside to walk the Via Appia Antica. I had planned an all-day excursion of walking and seeing every ruin on the route and picnicking for lunch in some beautiful stopping point somewhere. Unfortunately, we didn’t get rolling until eleven. Sam had no faith in my research or the public transit route I had picked for us but he followed, b ... 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