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Monument to Victor Emanuel II #85121156
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The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II or Altare della Patria Altar of the Fatherland or Il Vittoriano is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. It is located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The monument was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1895; sculpture for it was parceled out to established sculptors all over Italy. It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1935.