ITALY DAY 2 VATICAN 2012-04-14 040

DAY 2 THE VATICAN

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April 15th 2012
After breakfast in the hotel, we walked down Via Settembre to the Santa Maria....Bascilica. This is a beautiful church with amazing art and surprise, a lot of information on Galelio. Fortunately we had purchased umbrellas the afternoon before and we used them on our drizzly stroll. In the afternoon, we were driven to the next county-the Vatican.While we had overcast skys all day, it didn'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