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Down town Venice

Venice - Venezia

June 1st 2011
I will use a quote from one of the guide books we are using (The Rough Guide to Europe) “The first time visitor to Venice arrives with a heavy burden of expectations, most of which won’t be disappointed” and we weren’t !! Venice, despite the hordes of tourist (something like 20 million visitors a year), has retained a beauty that those who haven’t been here would struggle to underst ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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