Trevi Fountain

Roman Holiday

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October 2nd 2006
Hello! We have been in Rome for 2 days now and we have packed as much as we could into both of them. Yesterday, we began the day by trying to figure out where the breakfast was at the bed and breakfast. Eventually, it showed up and we were able to get out the door a little later than we hoped. We arrived at the Colloseum where there was a bit of a line forming but we made it to the ticket coun ... 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