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Day 32 - Rome

June 1st 2012
Today is our afternoon tour of the Vatican so heading out from the hotel we caught the bus down town and got off the bus at the Piazza Venezia opposite the Victor Emmanuelle II monument, the roundabout here is crazy and full of mad Italian drivers in buses taxis. Leaving the busy site we wandered the back streets heading for the famous Piazza Navona where many artists practice their stock and trad ... 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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