Duomo Di Firenz

Fabulous Florence

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April 26th 2014
Geo: 43.7687, 11.2569Around 9pm last night we arrived off the flight from London Gatwick and made our way via the very easy airport bus to central Florence. The bus/train station Santa Maria Novella is pretty much in the center of the city and as Florence isn't all that large we had a ten minute walk to find the hostel- definitely one of the easiest transits i've ever done! The hostel wa ... 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