Grand Canal

Beautiful Italy!!

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May 20th 2018
Beautiful Italy!! Arrived in beautiful Venice, opted for the water taxi for our first view of the Grand Canal, thankful the weather cooperated!! It was everything you ever thought Venice would look like - gondolas with gondoliers in black and white shirts rowing past us, housing at the water's edge and the beautiful Rialto bridge. Enjoyed two wonderful days touring Venice. Then on to th ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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