The Campanile (tower)

Venezia - City of Canals

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July 16th 2011
Geo: 45.4345, 12.3384We left Verona after an early breakfast, wanting to get to Venice. It was only a one hour and fifteen minute drive from Verona to our hotel in Venice. We are staying at the Hotel Aaron. Venice was an early Roman settlement, however, it really began to form as a city in 569 A.D. Venice has remained as an powerful yet independent community for most of its history. Some key ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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