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Last Night in Rome

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June 29th 2017
Today was my last full day in Italy! I spent most of the day packing and washing my clothes to get ready for a week in Poland with my parents. For dinner, a group of us went to Navona Notte, which is near Piazza Navona. As our last meal in Rome, we went all out. I ordered a bellini, caprese bruschetta, and a pasta carbonara. After we finished, we went to see the Colosseum lit up. Surp ... 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