What !? Tired already??

Opera del Duomo & Bargello Museums

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September 14th 2010
We begin today with a visit to the Bargello Museum. Then we move on to the "workshop" of the Duomo and the famous Baptistry. Next, a much enjoyed stop for "refreshment " (gelatto), and we are museumed-out. We make our way back to Santa Maria Nouvella and our hotel around the corner. ... 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