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Two Italian flags at the entrance to the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
This image shows two Italian flags at the entrance to the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Lazio, Italy. The two churches in the background are Santa Maria di Loreto (left) and Santissimo Nome di Maria (right). Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II is a controversial monument built in honour of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The structure was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1885; sculpture for it was parceled out to established sculptors all over Italy, such as Leonardo Bistolfi and Angelo Zanelli. It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1925. The monument is built of white marble from Botticino, Brescia, and features stairways, Corinthian columns, fountains, an equestrian sculpture of Victor Emmanuel and two statues of the goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas. Church name: Santissimo Nome di Maria Architect: Antoine Derizet Architectural style: Baroque Completed: 1751 Church name: Santa Maria di Loreto Architect: Antonio da Sangallo the younger Architectural style: Baroque Completed: 1507
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Location: Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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