Saturday 20th August – Exploring Rome Photo 5

Saturday 20th August – Exploring Rome

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August 20th 2011
This morning we caught the oh-so-reliable public transport to the Vatican City (the people who had signed up for it) for a tour. It was a 2 hour tour around most of the city. The Sistine Chapel (did you know there is more then 1 Sistine Chapel in the world... Sistine simply means that it was built by 5/6 men). Before we went into the Chapel our tour guide explained all the paintings which meant th ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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