Vatican Museum

Florence, Rome, Amalfi and Sicily

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April 9th 2011
Well internet access is slow to not available. So I'll take this opportunity to say that the weather has been perfect every day. Yes I did see David, and saw the most beautiful painting by Michelangelo. Our day in Rome was very long, and traveling in a bus with no air conditioning with those not well equiped to walk was only slightly frustrating, since there is nothing that could ruin this most e ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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