scenes around Venice

Exploring our new ' hood' in Venice

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August 17th 2014
Geo: 45.4345, 12.3384After a good nights rest, we were ready to do some more exploring. First, we moved some of the furniture around to make the place more to our liking. One of the things we did was move the dining table so we could look out both the windows to the garden and over the bridge.Our location is in the Dorsaduro area and is part of the old Venice. We began to explore the area c ... 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