Piazza Venezia - The Victor Emmanuel Monument

Visit the huge monument that divides the locals

Noteworthy for: The monument houses the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It was built after World War I to honour those soldiers who died and whose bodies were never found.
'The wedding cake' and 'the typewriter' are just two of the printable names that locals have given this humongous white marble structure. It is not the prettiest building in Rome and it has a large number of detractors, but it is certainly impressive in its scale and worth spending some time here for the views from the top floor terrace.

The monument, designed by Guiseppe Sacconi in 1911, is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the unified Italy, and is also known as “Il Vittoriano”. It features Corinthian columns, majestic stairways and a huge sculpture of Victor Emmanuel on horseback. To give you some idea of the sculpture’s size, 21 workers dined inside the belly of the horse before it was sealed.