Piazza San Marco

Not much today

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September 18th 2011
Not much to say today - we visited the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Unfortunately even with an interest in art, I didn't enjoy this any more than John. It was 24Euros to enter, and even though we got to see Picasso's, Dali's, Mondrian's among many more, we just don't 'get' that style of work, and I was more excited by the toothpaste tube lid that I found for the kids! ... 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