La Bianca Notte

La Notte Bianca

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September 10th 2006
Last night was La Notte Bianca. It's a huge festival for Rome, the third annual and it was awesome. I was the first to leave the apartment b/c I was the first ready, and as I reached the corner to catch the tram, my hopes were quickly shot down b/c the tram looked like a tuna can! Everbody was smushed in so tightly, I was like, Nuh Uh! I was supposed to meet Zach at the Argentina Theater (the las ... 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