Il Vittoriano

In my last post of Rome photos, I included one of the Palazzo Venezia. Rome Daily Photo has a photo of the same place with more information about the big equestrian statue in the middle of my picture. It's called "Il Vittoriano" or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Nation).

It’s located between Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. It was designed and built by Giuseppe Sacconi between 1895 and 1911 to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of unified Italy. It is built of pure white marble and features majestic stairways, tall corinthian columns, fountains, a huge equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel and two statues of goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with an eternal flame, built under the statue of Italy after World War I. This monument is controversial because too big for thearea but I like it .

If I do say so myself, my picture is a little better.