Venezia

Wonderful Venezia

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October 15th 2006
Last weekend I wound up going to Mantova, Padova, and Venezia for my art history class. Mantova was really nice... it was just very calm and peaceful. I could live there if I had to, LOL. Anyway, we started in Mantova and then left that night to go to Padova where we were going to spend the night and then look at everything the next day. Jill and I were on the search for food, as we always are. We ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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