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Easter Sunday

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April 5th 2015
Up later today … with the bells of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva … and heavy rain with thunder. After a relaxing breakfast on the roof we set out for a walk toward the Piazza di Spagna. After walking through the crowds we started toward the Museo d’Arte Orientale. We found a great little shop that sold discount silk scarves, with a wonderful owner who had lived in New York and proudly stated tha ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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