HIS 102
Unit 7: Nationalism

Victor Emmanuel Monument

The Victor Emmanuel Monument in Rome. King Vittorio Emanuele II aka Victor Emmanuel (1820-1878), King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia, became the first king of unified Italy in 1861 after the first phase of the Italian Risorgimento (reunification) was completed. The Italians would soon find out that it was easier to put together the country of Italy than it was to create the nation of Italy because of the enormous regional differences from north to south. This monument (the Altare della Patria, "Altar of the Nation") was constructed of white marble between 1895 and 1911--not the greatest photo, but then again its not the greatest monument.

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