Ostia Antica - Pillars - What Remains

Ostia Antica

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May 29th 2012
Geo: 41.7616, 12.3016Nice morning for a 2.5 hour drive to Fiumicino where our hotel is located. The hotel is about 3K from the airport but fortunately we have not heard much air traffic over the hotel. The hotel has free underground parking where the car will likely remain until sometime tomorrow when I return it to the airport. On Thursday morning we will take the shuttle from the hotel to the ... 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