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Day 13 - Walk where the Gladiators walked and Survive!

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October 4th 2012
This day was going to be great! We were greeted by the hotel cat (gatti) as we made our way to the hotel bus that took us to the Rome City Center. We didn't have to leave the hotel too early and got to the Coloseum at a leisurely pace. There were firemen practicing rescue maneuvers by the Tever River, so we watched for a little while and took pictures of the surrounding area. Turns out we got ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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