Contemplating Plato.

Rome - Day 5

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November 18th 2010
The day started with a laugh. Maria had set-up an iron for us to use. She must of assumed Eileen was going to use it because when she walked in and found me using it, she laughed with surprise. "Italian men never do this!" So there's 1 for the Aussies. Arrived at St Peters to find a huge queue for the church, so walked around to the the museum where there was no queue at all - excellent. A lot ... 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