"There is no world without Verona Walls" Photo 5

"There is no world without Verona Walls"

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March 20th 2011
So I realize that I have not blogged in a long time, but my spring break trip to Verona and Venice is definitely worth blogging about. Jane, Deb, Krista, Fllanza (the ESL teacher), and I took seven freshmen boys to Verona and Venice after they had read Romeo and Juliet. Our first stop was Verona. Although Paris is called the city of love, it seems like Verona should have that appellation. Ever ... 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