Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II
The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy, located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The monument was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1895; sculpture for it was parceled out to established sculptors all over Italy. It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1935.
Size: 5200px × 3454px
Location: Rome, Italy, Europe
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Keywords: bronze, capitoline, emanuele, granite, hill, honour, ii, marble, monument, piazza, sight, statue, statues, tribute, venezia, vittorio
