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Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II

Altare della Patria

Rome, Italy

Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II
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About Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II

The Victor Emmanuel II National Monument, also known as the Vittoriano or for synecdoche Altare della Patria, is a large national monument built between 1885 and 1935 to honour Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The monument was realized by Giuseppe Sacconi.

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