Palazzo Vecchio

Last Day in Firenze

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October 24th 2010
We spent our final day in Florence with Chris, starting with one of the most enjoyable tourist activities in the city--drinking hot chocolate at the Cafe Rivoire in the Piazza della Signoria. Feeling fortified, we headed along the Arno River to the location one of the pedestrian walkways up to the Piazzale Michelangelo. I was stunned to find the Piazzale filled with cars, tour buses, souvenir st ... 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