Colosseum

Three days in Rome

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May 21st 2017
Geo: 41.9091, 12.4899 Just finished three days in Rome absolutely shattered, what a city! We arrived in Citavecchia and waited outside in the hot sun for the transfer we had organised, just starting to feel they had forgotten us when he showed up. Very unusual gentleman who Garry nicknamed mr bobble head because the whole time he was driving he nodded up and down up and down. He was ok when ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio

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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