On the boat

DAY 10 BURANO AND MURANO

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April 22nd 2012
Today is our last full day in Italy. Since there is a church in nearly every piazza, it wasn’t difficult to find one. Every church seems to have tombs in the floor, in the chapels and attached to walls. All the churches are huge and have great artwork and lots of marble. But enough! Today we rode a boat to the islands of Burano and Murano. Our tour guide was Christina who married a Venitian but ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto

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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