Venice

Venice and Vatican Museum's

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October 25th 2006
Hello all! Life seems to get more busy every week and this semester seems to be flying by. Some of the highlights of the past week or two have been fa trip to the Vatican Museums with my Theo class and my trip last weekend to Venice. I have my Italian FINAL on thursday which means after friday I will have 15 more hours a week of free time! It will be nice to have a more relaxed Novembe ... 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