The Duomo

Molte Avventure da Solo

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November 14th 2006
My Day in Florence I am on autobus linea 571 and will cambio a linea 75 at the fermata dei Colleseo. I am on my way to the train station. The bus just stopped at Area Sacre, which is where Julius Caesar died; and there are cats living there now, well-fed cats cared for by a below ground cat sanctuary; I can see a fat black and white cat sitting atop a column! [Editorial note: I later s ... 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