Friday - September 19 - Rome & Vatican 062

Friday - September 19 - Rome & Vatican

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September 19th 2014
Friday – September 19, 2014 – Rome, Italy Vatican Day We started early today and headed over to the National Museum of Rome. A great place of old Roman history and many statues, paintings and old coinage. Beautiful building and displays, I am not sure if we could fully appreciate the art and all of the work at the building. We enjoyed the walk and again Dan did a great job of getting us to 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