At St Peter's outside the walls

The madness in Rome

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June 13th 2015
We arrived at 7am in the port of Roma wake up call was at 5.45am so we were ready for our first excretion at 7.05am it took 1 1/2 hrs by bus to get to Roma, because it was Saturday and because something was on at the Vatican we couldn't stop anywhere as we had to be at the Vatican Museum at 11.30am sharp, we did manage to stop at St Peters Cathedral outside the walls (that's what it's called) and ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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