Tripology.com Travel Articles Tagged as "italy"

Italy Background and Facts

12/18/2007 03:12 p.m.
Flag: Background: Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the regional 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 established a Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance ... Read More

A Romantic Tour of Rome and Florence

Brett Krasnove -- 08/21/2007 11:08 a.m.
At the end of May, my wife and I went on our one-year anniversary trip to Italy, a trip filled with pasta, mozzarella, veal, gelato, sightseeing, cafe americano and lots of red wine! We started in Rome for three days and nights, and stayed at Hotel Mascagni, which was recommended ... Read More