The Spanish Steps

Armed and Dangerous With my Tripod

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June 3rd 2018
I decided to get up early to head down to the Colosseum for some early morning pictures. First however, I thought I would go to the Spanish Steps. Even at 4.00 in the morning it was still covered in people, obviously chilling after a Saturday night out. It was the same at the Trevi Fountain. Furthermore, and despite the time, there was still a large number of soldiers on guard for whatever reas ... 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