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Florence!

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June 30th 2017
Well we finally arrived in Florence - a busy & beautiful city! We started our time there with a walking tour of the city. We visited the Duomo & Baptistry which were both spectacular! We then finished the evening with the Accademia where we saw Michelangelo's The David! We also saw many other sculptures from him and many other famous artists! We had dinner in the adorable Trattoria Zaza- which is ... 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