Inside the Vatican

Pizza's & Piazza's: Bella Roma!

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December 8th 2011
I breathed in deeply, trying desperatly to savour every smell. My eyes wandered over the vast ceiling like a bird, never at rest, taking everything in, adsorbing the intricate details. I recalled the scene from Good Will Hunting where the professor tells Will he's just a boy because he's never starred in wonder at the roof of the Cistine Chapel. Well, professor, you couldn't say that t ... 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