Colosseo

Ancient Rome-ing

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January 10th 2014
Geo: 41.8894, 12.4946Today we just about walked our feet off! We headed off to the colosseum, munching bread on the way, as we had 9.20am tickets for a guided tour of the Colosseo. The extra E9 charge for the tour of the underground regions and the top layer of the Colosseo were well worth it (and only charged for the adults), as the guide took us into the otherwise inaccessible parts below t ... 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