The Cathedral

Florence

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October 14th 2006
This weekend is the school's trp to Florence! I love it... It's so pretty, and everything is so old and medevil. Even the city moves slow, which I like. I hadn¡'t realized just how fast-paced Rome has made me, until I kept running into everyone walking so fast in Florence. We came in yesterday morning on the train, and checked into our hotel. I love travelling with the school because they alwa ... 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