Duomo

Salzburg, Venice and Florence

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September 28th 2006
Ciao! Since Vienna, we took the train to Salzburg for a day in town of "The Sound of Music." The hills really are alive here and the buses seem to all follow a route that does not match the map....but oh well. We visited Mozartplatz where there was a big carnival going on so the square was packed. We had the best dinner ever at a small restaurant overlooking the cathedral here...cabbage rolls. ... 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