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Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II
The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument to honour 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 monument was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1885; sculpture for it was parceled out to established sculptors all over Italy, such as Angelo Zanelli.[1] It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1935.[2]
The monument, "chopped with terrible brutality into the immensely complicated fabric of the hill",[3] 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).[2]
The base of the structure houses the museum of Italian Reunification.[2][4] In 2007, a panoramic elevator was added to the structure, allowing visitors to ride up to the roof for 360 degree views of Rome.
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. Her son'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 4, 1921.
The monument was controversial since its construction destroyed a large area of the Capitoline Hill with a Medieval neighbourhood for its sake. The monument itself is often regarded as pompous and too large.[4][6][7] It is clearly visible to most of the city of Rome despite being boxy in general shape and lacking a dome or a tower.[2] The monument is also glaringly white, making it highly conspicuous amidst the generally brownish buildings surrounding it, and its stacked, crowded nature has lent it several nicknames. Foreign people sometimes refer to the structure by a variety of nickname, such as "the wedding cake" and Romans as "the typewriter".[8] Despite all this criticism, the monument still attracts a large number of visitors. Former President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi fostered the opening of the Vittoriano as a public forum and viewpoint over the City core. This new accessibility allowed visitors to become familiar with the landmark, enabling it to grow in popular, if not critical, reputation.
t was featured in the 2003 movie The Core where it collapses due to being struck by huge bolts of lightning. It was also featured in the 1987 movie The Belly of an Architect by Peter Greenaway.
O Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (Monumento Nacional de Vitório Emanuel II) ou Altare della Patria (Altar da Pátria) ou "Il Vittoriano" é um monumento no centro de Roma em honra a Vitório Emanuel, o primeiro rei da Itália unificada. O monumento está entre a Piazza Venezia e o Monte Capitolino. "Il Vittoriano" foi projeto por Giuseppe Sacconi em 1885; suas esculturas foram feitas pelos melhores escultores da Itália, entre eles Angelo Zanelli. O monumento foi inaugurado em 1911 e completado em 1935.
O monumento "esculpido com terrível brutalidade no imensamente complicado tecido da montanha" foi construído de marmore branco puro de Botticino, Brescia e possui magníficas escadarías, altas colunas Coríntias, fontes, uma escultura gigantesca de Vitório Emanuel e duas estátuas da deusa Vitória manejando uma quadriga. A estrutura possui 135m de largura e 70m de altura. Incluindo as quadridas e vitórias com asas a estrutura totaliza 81m.
Na base do monumento está localizada o museu da Reunificação Italiana. Em 2007 um elevador panorâmico foi acrescentado à estrutura, permitindo que visitantes subam ao topo para uma visão de 360 graus de Roma. (tradução do texto em inglês da Wikipedia)
O Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II também chamado por Il Vittoriano situa-se em plena Piazza Venezia na cidade de Roma. O monumento homenageia Vittorio Emanuele II, primeiro Rei de Itália Unificada. O mármore branco com que foi construído fá-lo destoar do resto da cidade sendo por isso alvo de chacota pelo romanos que lhe chamam "Bolo de Casamento" e "Máquina de Escrever".
Este monumento foi erigido entre 1885 e 1911 para honrar a memória do primeiro rei de Itália - recordemos que até ao século XIX, Itália não era um país como tal. Foi objecto de numerosos debates: A sua brancura foi criticada, Mussolini inicialmente quis mesmo destruí-lo e mais tarde usou-o como ponto de partida dos seus desfiles...
Chamaram-lhe de "máquina de escrever", "mijadeiro de Itália"... Agora mesmo foi "absolvido" por ser considerado um monumento histórico testemunho fundamental de uma época da história italiana. Os melhores artistas da época trabalharam neste monumento.
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National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II or Altar of the Fatherland is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. The monument was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1885 and it was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1935.
The structure is 135 m (443 ft) wide and 70 m (230 ft) high. The base of the structure houses the museum of Italian Reunification. In 2007, a panoramic elevator was added to the structure, allowing visitors to ride up to the roof for 360 degree views of Rome.
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.
Monumento a Víctor Manuel II
Llamado también en italiano Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, es un enorme monumento de la ciudad de Roma, Italia, realizado en honor del primer rey de la Italia unificada, Víctor Manuel II. Se sitúa entre la Piazza Venezia (Plaza de Venecia) y la Colina Capitolina. Fue diseñado por Giuseppe Sacconi en 1895; fue inaugurado en 1911 y completado en 1925.
El monumento está construido con mármol blanco, mostrado por ejemplo en las majestuosas escaleras o las columnas corintias. También dispone de varias fuentes y esculturas del propio rey Victor Manuel y dos estatuas de la diosa Victoria con sendas cuadrigas. La estructura mide 135 metros de ancho y 70 metros de altura (incluyendo la cuadriga y las alas de las diosas llega a 81 metros). En la base del monumento se encuentra el museo de la unificación de Italia.
En el monumento a Victor Manuel II se encuentra también la tumba al soldado desconocido con una llama eterna construida tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, conforme a la idea del general Giulio Douhet.
One of the most wonderful places in Firenze, where Rationalism got at its best.
Scuola Militare Aeronautica Giulio Douhet, Firenze.
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It was very hot and, after I had passed the large "Château du Douhet", arrived at Saint-Martial, where I took a rest under the chestnut trees.
San Martial is a 12th century structure, that had to be stabilized by buttresses within the 15th century, when a steeple (not to be seen from here) was built.
The portal, erected in the typical Saintonge-style, is richly decorated. The well balanced "harmony" of the facade got destroyed, when the massive buttress on the left was added.
In the center of Le Douhet, a village just 12 kms north east of Saintes, is Saint Martial, a 12th century structure, that had to be stabilized by buttresses within the 15th century, when a steeple was built.
The western facade is richly decorated with friezes and archivolts over the portal and the flanking blind arches, but as well some less gifted artists (or vandals?) left their marks. There are lots of crosses, simple blazons and two characters, that remind me on mysterious people from Roswell (New Mexico).
San Martial, parish church of Le Douhet is a 12th century structure, that had to be stabilized by buttresses within the 15th century, when a steeple was built and the building got unbalanced and unstable.
The portal, erected in the typical Saintonge-style, is richly decorated. Here a detail from the frieze. For a while I saw Samson´s haircut (depicted in Aulnay), but this person is just too small. Maybe brawling pilgrims....
The stones all over the Saintonge were very soft and so ideal for complex carvings. Unfortunately they weathered over the centuries.
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, military theorists such as Billy Mitchell and Giulio Douhet predicted that the bomber airplane would evolve into a weapon of strategic, war-deciding significance. When World War II arrived, the reality proved more complex, but the B-29 could be said to have proven them right, all but leveling Japan with 170,000 tons of bombs, then finally becoming the delivery platform for the world's first nuclear weapons.
In the center of Le Douhet, a village just 12 kms north east of Saintes, is Saint Martial, a 12th century structure, that had to be stabilized by buttresses within the 15th century, when a steeple was built.
The western facade is richly decorated with friezes and archivolts over the portal and the flanking blind arches. Here is one of the apostles on the left side of the outer archivolt (see previous upload for an overview).The "chequered" archivolt over the blind arch to the very left ends, where the buttress was built in the 15th century.
In the center of Le Douhet, a village just 12 kms north east of Saintes, is Saint Martial, a 12th century structure, that had to be stabilized by buttresses within the 15th century, when a steeple was built.
The western facade is richly decorated with friezes and archivolts over the portal and the flanking blind arches. There are as well some remarkable corbels. Some of them are weathered, like this "Descent from the Cross". Joseph of Arimathea takes the body of Jesus down from the cross. A 13th century legend tells, that Joseph in his old age travelled to Glastonbury, where he buried the Holy Grail.
Vittoriano, Roma
- The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. It is located in 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 from amongst 11 unknown remains by Maria Bergamas of Gradisca D' Isonzo whose only child was killed during World War I and whose body was never recovered. The selected unknown was transferred from Aquileia, where the ceremony with Bergamas took place to Rome in late October to early November of 1921.
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Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuale II or Altare della Patria.
The National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II or Altar of the Motherland or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument built to honour 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 monument was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1885; sculpture for it was parceled out to established sculptors all over Italy, such as Angelo Zanelli. It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1935.
The monument is built of white marble from Botticino, Brescia, and features stairways, Corinthian columns, fountains, an 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. In 2007, a panoramic elevator was added to the structure, allowing visitors to ride up to the roof for 360 degree views of Rome.
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 among 11 unknown remains by Maria Bergamas, a woman from Gradisca d'Isonzo whose only child was killed during World War I. Her son'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 4, 1921.
The monument was controversial since its construction destroyed a large area of the Capitoline Hill with a Medieval neighbourhood for its sake. The monument itself is often regarded as pompous and too large.
It has been described as being "chopped with terrible brutality into the immensely complicated fabric of the hill."
It is clearly visible to most of the city of Rome despite being boxy in general shape and lacking a dome or a tower. The monument is also glaringly white, making it highly conspicuous amidst the generally brownish buildings surrounding it, and its stacked, crowded nature has lent it several nicknames. Foreign people sometimes refer to the structure by a variety of nicknames, such as "the wedding cake", whereas Romans commonly call it "the typewriter". Despite all this criticism, the monument still attracts a large number of visitors. Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi fostered the opening of the Vittoriano as a public forum and viewpoint over the City core. This new accessibility allowed visitors to become familiar with the landmark, enabling it to grow in popular, if not critical, reputation.
It was featured in the 2003 movie The Core where it collapses due to being struck by huge bolts of lightning. It was also featured in the 1987 movie The Belly of an Architect by Peter Greenaway. It was also featured in the movie Under the Tuscan Sun starring Diane Lane.