St Clemente

Layer upon layer...Rome

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January 9th 2014
Geo: 41.8894, 12.4947We started slowly, but after a quick tour of Cathy's quirky apartment, (with very few straight walls!) we got a coffee and brioche and headed the two blocks down the street to San Clemente. Cathy said it was 3 degrees, but it didn't feel it - light jackets only today!St Clemente church is amazing. The Norman (1200AD) church is lovely, with mosaics in the apse and l ... 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