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Thursday 20th

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September 20th 2018
This is a special day as we are going behind the scenes at the Vatican Museum and a special visit – one small group – to the Sistine Chapel. But first to get Peggy into good shape! She rested during the morning and John went to San Giovanni in Laterano, the archbasilica for Rome and the home of the Pope, who is the Bishop of Rome. It is absolutely huge (though not as big as St Peter’s by a l ... 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