Trastevere, Rome

Rome in a Day

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October 1st 2016
I had a flight from Rome’s Fiumicino airport at 5am the next day, so I hoped to spend the day tourist-ing, then head to the airport around 10 or 11pm, and try to sleep there. Another tutor from my camp in Matera was also passing through Rome, so we traveled together and spent the day sightseeing. Sometimes you travel with people, and it just doesn’t click. Like, some people are happy to vi ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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