1861-2011 happy birthday ITALY!

[davide]

today (March 17th) Italy is marking the 150th anniversary of its unification...Although Italy's language and culture go back many hundreds of years, the country only became a nation state in 1861.

beautiful images for me/us here on BBC News:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12772099

[davide]

Turin, the first CAPITAL of Italy:

[Orion]

Great festivities!

[davide]

ROME:





Milazzo:



NAPLES:





MILAN:

[davide]

Great festivities!

yes!!

[Richard]

cool photos thanks davide

like many kiwis at the moment ya look at old buildings like those and think "wonder they that would go in a earthquake"??

[davide]

cool photos thanks davide

like many kiwis at the moment ya look at old buildings like those and think "wonder they that would go in a earthquake"??

yes, some of them are 2000 years old...they have withstood the weather, the earthquakes (not so strong fortunately) for so many years...romans built them very well