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Roma - Altare della Patria (Vittoriano): Tomba del Milite Ignoto

Campitelli | Piazza Venezia

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.

Arch. Giuseppe Sacconi

1885-1925

The monument holds the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with an eternal flame, built under the statue of goddess Roma after World War I following an idea of General Giulio Douhet.

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Uploaded on June 19, 2018
Taken on May 25, 2018