Inauguration of King Victor Emmanuel monument
Inauguration day for the Victor Emmanuel monument, known as Il Vittoriano, in Rome. The first stone of the enormous architectural marble monument to, Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, was laid on 22nd March 1885; the architect was Count Giuseppe Sacconi. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill
Picture No
10507934
Media ID
46038171
Size
3400px x 5376px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 10th June 1911, pg. 239
Date
4th June 1911
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