St Peter's Square

Day Three in Rome

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December 18th 2006
This morning was again overcast and it had been raining the night before again. We decided to catch a cab to St. Peter’s Square at Vatican City, where we had a tour of the Vatican museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica booked through Roman Odyssey tours. When we got there I was blown away by the size of the place. The columns were so tall, and a ... 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