Tiber River with St Peter's Dome in background

Mellowing in Italy - Rome, Tuesday 2007 May 1

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May 1st 2007
Today I am writing this as part of an afternoon rest period, needed because we had a full morning and a very full lunch. Our guide today, Maria Theresa, showed us how good our usual guides, Cecilia and Francesca, are. At almost every stop, Cecilia gave impassioned stories and descriptions to supplement Maria Theresa’s minimalist histories. That didn’t happen with Francesca yesterday. This mo ... 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