15 September 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Palazzo Madama in
Rome is the seat of the
Senate of the Italian Republic , the upper house of the
Italian Parliament . After the extinction of the Medici
in 1743 , the palace was handed over to the
House of Lorraine and, later, to
Pope Benedict XIV , who made it the seat of the
Papal Government . In 1849,
Pius IX moved here the Ministries of Finances and of the Public Debt, as well as the Papal Post Offices. In 1871, after the conquest of Rome by the newly formed
Kingdom of Italy , the palazzo became the seat of the
Senate of the Kingdom of Italy .
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15 May 2013 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Uffizi © Riccardo Speziari/cc-by-sa-3.0
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The Uffizi Gallery is a museum in
Florence , Italy. It is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world.
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15 January 2011 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Architecture , European Union , European Capital of Culture , UNESCO World Heritage
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Michelangelo’s David © Rico Heil
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Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with 370,000 inhabitants (1.5 in the metropolitan area).
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