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Church after church

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August 21st 2006
Geo: 41.8955, 12.4823Was pretty excited this morning as I had planned to go up the dome of St Peter's- the biggest in the world and designed by Michelangelo. I wasn't very impressed with it at all. I though the dome in London's St Paul's was more breathtaking and exciting. Oh well, I've done it now. From here could see lots of Rome- mostly church domes! Crossed the river to t ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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