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Padua

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May 23rd 2017
I had an active day of sightseeing and I think that I hit the highlights of what Padua has to offer. The city tram covers the areas of interest to the tourist, so I hopped on and off all day today. My first stop was the Scrovegni Chapel. Apparently this chapel is well known in the art world for its frescoes by Giotto, a famous artist who lived around 1300 AD. Giotto was among the first to break aw ... 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