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Days 18 Villa Borghese park

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September 29th 2015
On Monday we went to the park in Rome. At the park there was a mini lake so mum took Zoe and I on a boat and mum rowed the boat. Then we went to get some ice cream and went to the zoo and saw lots of animals. There were tigers, monkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, lions, elephants, bears, hippos and cassowaries. Then we went on a train all around the zoo. After that we went on a bike ride ... 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