Vittoriano Rome, Victor Emmmanuel II Monument Building, Altare della Patria Architect, Date, Location, Design, Image
Vittoriano, Roma : Victor Emmmanuel II Monument, Rome
Altare della Patria: Roman landmark building photographs, Italy – design by Giuseppe Sacconi
Vittoriano Roma
Victor Emmmanuel II Monument
Dates built: 1884/85-1911
Design: Giuseppe Sacconi
Officially titled Altare della Patria
photo © Adrian Welch
Location: centre of the city, just west of the Colosseum, just north of the Campidoglio.
Nickname: ‘The Wedding Cake’
More details re Victor Emmmanuel II Monument online soon
Altare della Patria Roma
photo © Adrian Welch
The Altare della Patria (English: “Altar of the Fatherland”), also known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (“National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II”) or Il Vittoriano, is a monument built in honor of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy, located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill.
Vittoriano Roma – The Wedding Cake:
photo © Adrian Welch
The eclectic structure was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1885; sculpture for it was parceled out to established sculptors all over Italy, such as Leonardo Bistolfi and Angelo Zanelli.
It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1925.
Roman buildings : Traditional architecture
Vittoriano images by adrian welch available upon request: photos 2816×2112 pixels
Location: Vittoriano, Rome, Italy
Architecture in Rome
Rome Architecture Designs – chronological list
Rome Architecture Walking Tours
Rome architecture : contemporary buildings
Key Architecture close to the Victor Emmmanuel II Monument:
Piazza del Campidoglio – Capitol Square, Monte Capitolino
Teatro di Marcello – Marcellus’ Theatre
SS Nome di Maria, adj. Trajan’s Forum
picture © Adrian Welch
Roman Architecture – Selection:
Colosseum
photo © Adrian Welch
St Peters Basilica
photo © Adrian Welch
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