San Marco

Venice

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March 17th 2007
We arrived in Treviso Airport at about 5:30 in the evening. We caught a bus to Venice that left at 6:00, and although Treviso is only 19 km away from Venice, the traffic made the ride last an hour, so it was about 7pm when we arrived in Venice. All buses (and cars and other vehicles) stop in Piazzale Roma, the end of the road. Here we found a nice Co-op (grocery store) where we stocked up on ch ... 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