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The Duomo  
   

The Duomo

The Baptistery on the left and the Campanile (Giotto's Bell Tower) on the right
A full day in rainy and sunny Florence

April 24th 2012
Geo: 43.7687, 11.2569Buonasera on Wednesday night, friends and family!Yesterday, Tues April 24, was a full day spent seeing most of Florence on foot, starting with a 3-hour walking tour of the 'Renaissance' part of the city, followed by a tour of the Uffizi Gallery and its world famous collection of works by the Renaissance masters, and topped off by the steep 463-stair climb to the to ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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