Victor Emmanuel II National Monument In Rome, Italy Editorial Image

The entrance stairway of the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument , improperly called Altar of the Fatherland in Rome, Italy. One of the architecturally predominant elements of the Vittoriano are the external staircases, which are constituted in the complex by 243 steps. The entrance stairway is 41 m 135 ft meters wide and 34 m 112 ft meters long. The monument is decorated with numerous allegorical statues, reliefs and murals made by established Italian sculptors. Also known as `Il Vittoriano` and about 80 meters high and 120 meters wide 260 x 390ft, it consists of a large flight of stairs leading up to a massive colonnade was built in honor of Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy and occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill.