Pilgrims in line to enter St Peter's Basilica

Adventures in Italy: Day 21, Rome

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April 23rd 2017
Italy Day 21, Monday, October 24, Rome Finally, a trip we had all anticipated. After so many Italian churches, we were going to tour the Vatican and Saint Peter’s Cathedral, the greatest of them all. It was a beautiful, sunny day, cool enough to be comfortable. Renato came with us on the bus and as we passed the Villa Borghese he told us the Globe Theater who had come ... 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