Ceiling in Sistine Chapel

mi scusi!

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March 1st 2011
Ciao! From Roma, Italia.. We arrived in Roma yesterday afternoon. I flew in from London to meet up with my friend Jake Vail, who I went to school with and occasionally work with in Chicago. He has been working in London for the past month and flew into Rome from a conference in Dusseldorf, Germany. Not having a cellphone/easy communication makes it interesting to try and meet up with someon ... 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