LAKE ALBAN

ROME DAY 2

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November 13th 2017
Today we woke up early (3 am) and finally got up at 6 am. It is overcast and very cold. It looks s though it will rain any minute. We are meeting our guide, Francesca, at 10am to go to Castel Gandolpho. This is the summer palace of the Pope. There are a number of hill towns north of Rome that haave been settled since the Roman times. Castlel Gandolphio is one of these. The palace was built ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio

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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