Trevi Fountain

Rose for the lady?

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August 19th 2005
Up early again for the journey to Rome. We arrived at around 4:30pm and headed to our hotel Manzoni e Pisa (P.S. the service leaves a lot to be desired). Matt and I had chosen to stay only one night in Rome because we had both already been here, but as we remembered what Rome has to offer we gave it a second thought, not to worry. We headed to enjoy the atmosphere of the Spanish steps and the T ... read more

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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