The Baldacchino

Monastery stery night

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May 24th 2012
Lazy sleep in this morning, which was much needed. Yesterday in Rome was exhausting. We decided to take the twelve forty train today, and take time to have breakfast in the sun, enjoy our view and pack an overnight bag for our two night stay. It was a nice warm morning today, which made my usual plan of "wear everything you might need for two days" challenging and uncomfortable. It was such a love ... 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