Victor Emmanuel II Monument
The Victor Emmanuel II National Monument, also known as the Vittoriano or for synecdoche Altare della Patria, 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.Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Monument
- Description: monument built in honour of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
- Also known as: “Altar of the Fatherland”, “Altare della Patria”, “Il Vittoriano”, “Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II”, “Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II”, and “Victor Emmanuel Monument”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Santa Maria in Aracoeli and Piazza Venezia.
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
Church
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The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Altar in Heaven is a titular basilica and conventual church of the Franciscan Convent of Aracoeli located the highest summit of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy.
Piazza Venezia
Square
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Piazza Venezia is a central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Via del Corso. It takes its name from the Palazzo Venezia, built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo alongside the church of Saint Mark, the patron saint of Venice. Piazza Venezia is situated 180 metres north of Victor Emmanuel II Monument.
Capitoline Hill
Square
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piazza del Campidoglio is a public square on the top of the ancient Capitoline Hill, between the Roman Forum and the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy. The square includes three main buildings, the Palazzo Senatorio also known as the Comune di Roma Capitale, and… Capitoline Hill is situated 150 metres south of Victor Emmanuel II Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.
Capitoline Hill
Locality
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The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.
Palatine Hill
Locality
Photo: Lil Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Modern Centre
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The Modern Centre of Rome, home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.
Victor Emmanuel II Monument
- Categories: architectural structure, tourist attraction, historical civil building museum, Italian national museum, museum for an artifact of industrial archaeology, historical park museum, and military museum building
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Victor Emmanuel II Monument” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “النصب التذكاري لفيتوريو إمانويلي الثاني”
- Armenian: “Վիտորիանո”
- Armenian: “Վիտտորիանո”
- Basque: “Altare della Patria”
- Belarusian: “Альтар Айчыны”
- Belarusian: “Вітарыяна”
- Belarusian: “помнік Віктару Эмануэлю”
- Breton: “Altare della Patria”
- Bulgarian: “Национален паметник на Виктор Емануил II”
- Catalan: “la Màquina d’escriure”
- Catalan: “Monument nacional a Víctor Manuel II”
- Chinese: “維托里亞諾”
- Chinese: “维克多艾曼纽二世纪念堂”
- Chinese: “维托里亚诺”
- Croatian: “Spomenik Viktoru Emanuelu II.”
- Czech: “Altare della Patria”
- Czech: “Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II”
- Czech: “Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II”
- Czech: “Museo del Risorgimento”
- Czech: “Národní památník Viktora Emmanuela II.”
- Czech: “Vittoriano”
- Danish: “Victor Emanuel-monumentet”
- Dutch: “Monument van Victor Emanuel II”
- Dutch: “Monument van Vittorio Emanuele II”
- Dutch: “Vittoriano”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نصب فيكتور ايمانويل التانى”
- Esperanto: “Vittoriano”
- Finnish: “Viktor Emanuel II:n monumentti”
- Finnish: “Viktor Emanuel II:n muistomerkki”
- Finnish: “Vittorio Emanuel II:n muistomerkki”
- Finnish: “Vittorio Emanuelen muistomerkki”
- French: “Monument a Victor-Emmanuel II”
- French: “monument à Victor-Emmanuel II”
- French: “Monument à Victor-Emmanuel II”
- French: “Vittoriano”
- Galician: “Altare della Patria”
- German: “Altare della patria”
- German: “Altare della Patria”
- German: “Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II”
- German: “Monumento Vittorio Emanuele II”
- German: “Museo del Risorgimento (Rom)”
- German: “Museo del Risorgimento”
- German: “Nationaldenkmal Viktor Emanuels II.”
- German: “Vaterlandsaltar”
- German: “Viktor-Emanuels-Denkmal”
- German: “Viktor-Emanuelsdenkmal”
- German: “Viktorianum”
- German: “Vittoriano”
- Greek: “Εθνικό Μνημείο του Βιτόριο Εμανουέλε Β΄”
- Hebrew: “איל ויטוריאנו”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת ויטוריו אמנואלה השני”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת ויטוריו אמנואלה”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת ויטוריו עמנואל”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת ויטוריו עמנואלה השני”
- Hebrew: “הויטוריאנו”
- Hungarian: “II. Viktor Emánuel emlékmű”
- Hungarian: “II. Viktor Emánuel-emlékmű”
- Icelandic: “Minnisvarðinn um Viktor Emanúel II.”
- Indonesian: “Monumen Vittorio Emanuele II”
- Italian: “Altare della Patria”
- Italian: “Complesso del Vittoriano”
- Italian: “Mole del Vittoriano”
- Italian: “Monumento nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II”
- Italian: “Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II”
- Italian: “Vittoriano”
- Japanese: “ヴィットーリオ・エマヌエーレ2世記念堂”
- Japanese: “ヴィットリオ・エマヌエーレ2世記念堂”
- Lithuanian: “Viktoro Emanuelio II paminklas”
- Macedonian: “Споменик на Виктор Емануел II”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Viktor Emanuel II-monumentet”
- Norwegian: “Viktor Emanuel II-monumentet”
- Persian: “ویتوریانو”
- Polish: “Il Vittoriano”
- Polish: “Ołtarz Ojczyzny w Rzymie”
- Polish: “Pomnik Wiktora Emanuela II w Rzymie”
- Polish: “Pomnik Wiktora Emanuela II”
- Polish: “Vittoriano”
- Portuguese: “Il Vittoriano”
- Portuguese: “Monumento a Vítor Emanuel II da Itália”
- Portuguese: “Monumento a Vítor Emanuel II”
- Romanian: “Monumentul lui Vittorio Emanuele al II-lea”
- Russian: “Витториано”
- Russian: “Памятник Виктору Эммануилу II”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vittoriano”
- Slovenian: “spomenik Viktorja Emanuela II.”
- Slovenian: “Spomenik Viktorja Emanuela II.”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Victor Manuel II”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Víctor Manuel II”
- Spanish: “Vittoriano”
- Swedish: “Il Vittoriano”
- Swedish: “Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emmanuele II”
- Swedish: “Viktor Emanuel monumentet”
- Swedish: “Viktor Emanuel-monumentet”
- Swedish: “Vittoriano”
- Tagalog: “Monumento ni Victor Emmanuel II”
- Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์วิตโตรีโอ เอมานูเอเลที่ 2”
- Turkish: “II. Vittorio Emanuele Abidesi”
- Turkish: “Il Vittoriano”
- Turkish: “Vittorio Emanuele II Abidesi”
- Turkish: “Vittorio Emanuele II anıtı”
- Ukrainian: “Вітторіано”
- Urdu: “وکٹر ایمانوئل دوم یادگار”
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