St. Peter's Basilica where the Papal Audience was held

Doing the Vatican Rock

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October 14th 2015
With an early tour we went to the Lido early. I did my potatoes and sausage thing, with a couple of croissants and cheese (and a chocolate milk). Sharon did her potatoes and toast with apple juice. Our tour was to assemble in the Showroom before 7 AM; and, ours was the second tour called. We were on the short, 9-hour papal visit tour and the one just ahead of us was the longer 11-hour papal visit ... 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