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Rome Day 3

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May 12th 2013
We received early departure from the ship, and were off by 7 a.m.! Now given that we had so much luggage for the train, we took a limo back to Rome. The driver was waiting for us when we disembarked from the ship. We were at the Hotel DePretis by 9, luggage secured and off to complete our Rome tour. We had decided to go back to some of the places we had been on the Walking tour of Rome at Night ... 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