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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 ...
Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; full name: Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also informally known as Piedmont–Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 until 17 March 1861, [a] when he assumed the title of King of Italy and became the first king of an independent, united Italy since the 6th ...
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 ...
Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II is a bridge in Rome constructed to designs of 1886 by the architect Ennio De Rossi. Construction was delayed, and it was not inaugurated until 1911. Construction was delayed, and it was not inaugurated until 1911.
Equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, 12 m tall, [1] on the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill; Equestrian of Umberto I, at Villa Borghese; Equestrian of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Emilio Gallori at the Piazza Garibaldi, 1895.
Pages in category "Victor Emmanuel II" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... File:Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome detail1.jpg
Umbertine in style, it is the largest piazza in Rome (316 x 174 metres). [1] In the centre of the piazza is a garden with the remains of a fountain built by Alexander Severus (so called Trophy of Marius ), and the Porta Alchemica ( Alchemist's Portal or also called Magic Gate or Porta Magica ), the entrance to Villa Palombara, former residence ...