Piazza Venezia

Piazza Venezia is the center of all national celebrations in Rome; its much criticised memorial to Victor Emmanuel H is dedicated to the independence of our Country. It was inaugurated in 1911, designed by Sacconi, built all in white marble from Botticino, near Brescia in northern Italy, and took 26 years to build.

In the center of the monument is the equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel II, the king who ruled Italy after the unification, and underneath the statue is the tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the First World War. Facing the monument, on your right, is the historical Palazzo Venezia, the Palace of Venice, an early Renaissance building exactly 500 years old. Mussolini had his headquarters there, and from the little central balcony he made his famous speeches. The palace is now a museum. The oldest monument in the square is on the left of the big memorial, the valuable Greek marble column of Emperor Trajan, erected in 110 A.D. to celebrate the victories of Trajan over the Dacians.

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