Day 16: Last Hurrah in Venice Photo 7

Day 16: Last Hurrah in Venice

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July 6th 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 Basilica at Last Determined to see the basilica, I got up early and walked to San Marco’s square before the basilica’s open time. Not surprisingly, there was already a line formed. In true American fashion, I cut in line behind a large family. I would be their long lost cousin they didn’t know about. The line moved swiftly, pausing only when inspectors iss ... 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