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Day 31 - Rome

May 31st 2012
Big day planned today and leaving the hotel we walked the 10 minuets the Basilica di Santa Maria a 12 century church close to the train station, the stunning interior typical of the time. Leaving ther Basilica we jumped on the Metro and headed off to find a section of the original Roman walls located just across the Tiber from Trastevere. On arrival we also found the pyramid of Caius Cestius datin ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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