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View of Florence

Florence

November 12th 2012
After about a 3 hour drive we checked into our hotel in Florence, The Golden Tulip. We sat down for a drink in the hotel bar to map out our expedition for the following day. Both Theodoric and I had our hearts set on seeing the basilica and climbing the dome. Everything else was optional (depending on my attention span). The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flow ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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