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The Altare della Patria, also known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele 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.
The Vittoriano features stairways, Corinthian columns, fountains, an equestrian sculpture of Victor Emmanuel and two statues of the goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas. It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1925.The structure is 135 m (443 ft) wide and 70 m (230 ft) high. In 2007, a panoramic lift was added to the structure, allowing visitors to ride up to the roof for 360-degree views of Rome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altare_della_Patria
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_à_Victor-Emmanuel_II

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