Bronze horses atop San Marco

Venetian Mosaic

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May 10th 2010
Geo: 45.4345, 12.3384When you think of Italians, you probably think of food ... and lots of it. Great big family dinners;lunches substantial enough to require a nap afterwards. Breakfast, however, is almost treated as an afterthought. This is my fourth time in Italy, and I'm positive I've been served the same breakfast in each hotel: something that looks like a croissant but that has an ... 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