Coliseum museum

Our Last Day in Rome

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June 29th 2014
There are so many beautiful things to see in Rome, we had to fit just a few of them into our last day. Thanks to Carla and Willy, we had figured out the Metro, so after breakfast we headed around the corner to the subway station, boarded the train and were at the Coliseum in just a few minutes. Thankfully, we arrived before the crowds. After displaying our Roma Pass and renting a voice tour mac ... 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