A view from the Piazza Venezia, looking towards Altare della Patria, Rome.

“The Altare della Patria (English: ‘Altar of the Fatherland’), also known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (‘National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II’) or Il Vittoriano, is a monument built in honour of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill.”