Duomo Museum

Day 23: A Busy Day In Florence

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July 13th 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Accademia The hostel is conveniently located just two blocks away from the Accademia, which made it easy to make my 8:15am reservation to the gallery. The building front was bland and I would have walked right by it had I not seen the line of people. Surprisingly, I was once again in line behind the couple from New Hampshire. We chatted some, but most topics had ... 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