Italy 14 - Venice - Impressionist Paintings/Naval museums/Secret Itineries
April 5th 2010 Early morning in Venice and the buildings softened looking dappled in the early morning haze where the sun hadnt risen enough to burn off the fog. They looked like an Impressionist painting in the distance. Rosy, strawberry and dusky pink. Today was our visit to the Doges Palace - not the usual tourist trap of the main buildings but discover secret Venice. We turned up to meet the housekeeper - a
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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 
