Colosseum, Rome

OUR GRAND EUROPEAN ADVENTURE - WEEK 3

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May 1st 2013
We left Venice and headed for Rome, stopping on the way for lunch at Assisi (of St Francis fame). The monastery and church buildings at Assisi are quite beautiful and because they sit high on a hill, overlooking everything else, quite imposing. I can't help wondering though what St Francis would think of the place because apparently he was very keen on maintaining a simple life and was quite ... 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