Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Long Forgotten Roman Holiday

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November 5th 2012
Way back in October and November I spent a meager 11 days in Italy after the incredible 4 weeks of peak bagging in the Balkans. I was very fortunate to fly directly to Rome from Split, Croatia on a 12,500 mile frequent flier ticket which saved a lot of lira and time as the extremely limited, borderline monopolized, quick flights between Croatia and Rome are very expensive. The more economic ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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