When in Rome... Photo 13

When in Rome...

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May 13th 2011
I apologize for the lack of updates, but we have been traveling like crazy trying to see as much of Italy in as few days as we can. Our first stop, after leaving Switzerland, was the northern coast of the Mediterranean. We stayed in the Cinque Terre ("five lands"), in the tiny town of Riomaggiore. Along with Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, and Manarola, it is one of the five little towns that ... 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