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Rome, The Eternal City

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May 3rd 2015
Today I did put Rick Steves refers to as "Caesar Shuffle". After breakfast I went to Palatine hill and toured what remains of the vast palace complex built by successive emperors during Rome's prime. They certainly built on a large scale (see picture). I was glad to see the ruins up close after noticing them from afar on previous visits to the Eternal City. I stood on the concave-shaped palace rem ... 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