These stairs have been here since 1600!

Amo Roma!

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October 17th 2015
Geo: 41.8955, 12.4823Had a bit of a sad goodbye to my very nice hostess, she had called the taxi the day before and made sure it picked me up. The taxi driver got me to the station in good time and I waited and watched the board for 1/2 hour before they showed the "binario" or line the train would be coming in on. Almost got on the wrong one! God is so good to me, I noticed something was ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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