The equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel on the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
This image shows the equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel on the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Lazio, Italy. The statue, the work of sculptor Enrico Chiaradia, weighs 50 tons and measures 12 meters long (39ft). It rests on a pedestal decorated with allegorical reliefs representing Italian cities. At the foot of the statue is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, inaugurated in 1921. A Guards of Honour, selected from the marine, infantry and air divisions, stand on guard day and night. 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.
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Location: Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Photo credit: © Stuart Robertson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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