Coliseum

Arrivaderci Italia

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January 3rd 2007
We toured the Palatine today, ruins of the palatial estates of Romans thousands of years ago. It is difficult, but interesting to try and imagine what it must have looked like and been like to live here in the center of Rome in A.D. 70. After waiting a while we were able to get past the long lines and enter the Coliseum. This thing is truly amazing. It used to hold 50,000 people. That’s just a ... 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