Piazza Del Duomo

Florence

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October 12th 2012
So my travels started with a wedding in Florence. First one i've been to and what better place than Florence to go. I spent the first 2 nights staying a street away from the Piazza Della Signoria, and just a couple of minutes walk from the Duomo. The remaining nights I stayed at the PLUS Hostel, which i'll write a bit about further down. The morning before the wedding was spent exploring t ... 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