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The Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Italian: Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II), also known as the Vittoriano or Altare della Patria ("Altar of the Fatherland"), 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. [2]
Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy, first king of united Italy, to whom the Vittoriano is dedicated. After the death of Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy on January 9, 1878, there were many initiatives intended to erect a permanent monument celebrating the first king of united Italy, that is, to the one who brought to fruition the process of Italian unification and liberation from foreign domination, so ...
11 languages. العربية ... Pages in category "Victor Emmanuel II" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Monument to Victor Emmanuel II;
Glimpse of the artistic and architectural works of the Vittoriano. The architectural and artistic works of the Vittoriano, an Italian national monument located in Rome on the northern slope of the Capitoline Hill, represent, through allegories and personifications, the virtues and sentiments that motivated Italians during the Risorgimento, the period during which Italy achieved its national ...
Victor Emmanuel II monument. Giuseppe Sacconi (Montalto delle Marche, 5 July 1854 - 23 September 1905 [1]) was an Italian architect. He is best known as the designer of the monument of Vittorio Emanuele II, in the centre of Rome. Following the prestigious commission, he became one of the protagonists of the artistic culture of post-unification ...
Victor Emmanuel may refer to: Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759–1824), Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820–1878), King of Sardinia and later King of Italy
Monument to Bernabò Visconti by Bonino da Campione, originally in San Giovanni in Conca, now in the Museo di arte antica, Castello Sforzesco, 1363. Equestrian monument to Victor Emmanuel II by Ercole Rosa at the Piazza del Duomo, 1896. Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Ettore Ximenes at the Piazzale Carioli ("Piazza Castello"), 1895.
The Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse was an 8,500-seat (6,500 for basketball) multi-purpose arena in Huntington, West Virginia.It was built in 1950. Prior to the completion of the Huntington Civic Center (now known as Marshall Health Network Arena) in 1976, it was the only large arena in the city.