Day 12 - Venice & the Islands 2012-08-28 14.02.20

Day 12 - Venice & the Islands

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August 29th 2012
Our first tour in Venice was the Escursioni alle Isole or "Excusion of the Islands." We met up with our tour guide at around 9:30 in the morning before heading out onto the Bacino di S. Marco. The first island we stopped at was Murano which took about 40 minutes to travel to by boat. Murano is famous for the art of glass blowing and the pieces made there are sold all over Venice. We were given ... 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