Piazzo del Popolo

Italy - Rome

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June 27th 2015
Wednesday 25thJune Rome 0 miles We never thought we could do Rome in one day, but we didn’t feel that we could do a big tour of Italy without visiting the City. So, the 9.00am bus from the campsite took us the 10 minutes to Prima Porta train station where 20 minutes later we were in at the Piazza del Popolo in Central Rome. After a quick visit to a viewpoint, we walked down the ma ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania

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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