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Views of Italy

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January 18th 2018
Before coming on this trip I had always heard of and seen pictures of famous masterpieces by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Which was the extent of the number of artists I could even name off the top of my head, and I never even really knew much about either one of them aside from the Mona Lisa and the David statue. I was not even truly aware of the emphasis and importance tha ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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