Chains of Peter

Ancient Rome

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March 16th 2010
Geo: 41.9, 12.4833Our first full day in Rome, and we planned more than we could actually do. Of course. Since we got a late start, breakfast was the bread and cheese leftovers from the night before--still very yummy. We took the Metro for the first time out to the Colosseum, first, and then to Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum. We also made it to San Pietro in Vincoli[ ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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