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Crypts

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September 18th 2006
Today Emilio took us to these crypts *agh! I forgot the name*. It was so cool! It was the underground remains of a Pagan Temple. If you don't know, and don't feel bad b/c I didn't at first, Rome's anitquities are in layers underneath the city because of all the amounts of flooding, damaging, and rebuildin that has been done over the history of Rome. So a lot of ancient finds and buildings are unde ... 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