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Another day in Rome

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August 20th 2006
Geo: 41.8955, 12.4823Another great sunny day in Rome. Again saw a lot today and tired myself out. First place I visited was the Capitoline Muesums. The first one I went to was the Palazzo dei Conservatori. Here there were many paintings and sculptures. This building was the seat of the city's magistrate. It had many frescoed halls which are occasionally used for political meetings. Saw a lar ... 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