The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy.The Monument of Victor Emanuel of Italy, is often called the Vittoriano and is located in Piazza Venezia, 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.

The monument, "chopped with terrible brutality into the immensely complicated fabric of the hill", is built of pure white marble from Botticino, Brescia, and features majestic stairways, tall Corinthian columns, fountains, a huge equestrian sculpture of Victor Emmanuel and two statues of the goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas. The structure is 135 m (443 ft) wide and 70 m (230 ft) high. If the quadrigae and winged victories are included, the height is to 81 m (266 ft). The base of the structure houses the museum of Italian Reunification.

The monument holds the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with an eternal flame, built under the statue of Italy after World War I following an idea of General Giulio Douhet. The body of the unknown soldier was chosen on October 26, 1921 from amongst 11 unknown remains by Maria Bergamas, a woman from Gradisca d'Isonzo whose only child was killed during World War I. The child's body was never recovered. The selected unknown was transferred from Aquileia, where the ceremony with Bergamas had taken place to Rome and buried in a state funeral on November 4th, 192

There is one really good reason to visit the monument. The major attraction at the Vittoriano is the glass-walled elevator to the top, called "Rome from the Sky". From the top of the monument, you can get one of the best views of Rome. It overlooks the Forum and you can see much of the surrounding area.

 Rome from the Sky ( Elevator )

• Charges
  €7 for adults (reduced prices for children aged 10-18 and adults over 65)
  Free for children under 10
• Location
  The entrance to the elevator is located near the cafe around the back of the monument, in the passageway between the monument itself and the adjacent Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Use the stairs at the Piazza del Campidoglio or at the Piazza Ara Coeli for the easiest access.
• Opening hours
  Daily, 09:30-19:30

 Vittorio Emanuele II Monument

• Address
  Piazza Venezia,00186 Rome, Italy
  
• Opening hours
  Daily, 09:30-16:30 (open later during the summer)
  
• FREE of Charges
• Transport
  
  By Bus: Piazza Venezia
  
  By Underground: Line B - Colosseo‎ stop
  
  
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