"Primavera" by Sandro Botticelli

The Renaissance: an Era of Reflection

---

January 9th 2018
The beginning of each year is always the prime time for reflection. December and January is typically when people are reflecting on the year they have just experienced, but it’s also a time they reflect on what they want for themselves as they make their new year resolutions. The funny thing is that anyone could pick any day out of the whole year and decide for themselves who they are and what t ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

---

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