ponte vecchio

Florence - day 24

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August 30th 2011
Geo: 43.7687, 11.2569omg, i love florence!there's this chick at work who i like (rare, true facts), and when i told her i had planned 3 days in venice, she said that'd be a bit useless and that my time would be better spent in florence...i haven't been to venice yet, but i am soooo glad i included florence 😊 (thanks, short but wise one)1.i arrived early evening after a 34 hour ... 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