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Rome

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September 28th 2013
Only a couple of hours drive to our final stop in Europe, Rome via the small lakeside town of Trevignano Romano. Relieved to have dropped the car off after completing 4000kms on the wrong side of the road, albeit having taken a couple of visits to the wrong side of the road twice.... Oops! Fantastic apartment again in Rome, great location, and the great food continues. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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