CITY VIEWS: Roma in Marble and Clay

This image is a view overlooking the top of the National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II, and a lovely church dome peeking above the rooftops in Rome, Italy. Prominently shown are bronze statues of the goddess Victory riding quadriga- detail on the roof of the monument. The monument, also known as Altare della Patria, ({quote}Altar of the Fatherland{quote}), was built in honor of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. The monument is also glaringly white, built from {quote}corpse-white marble{quote} imported from Botticino in Brescia, making it highly conspicuous amidst the generally brownish buildings surrounding it. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The monument is the largest in Rome.
Roma in Marble and Clay

This image is a view overlooking the top of the National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II, and a lovely church dome peeking above the rooftops in Rome, Italy. Prominently shown are bronze statues of the goddess Victory riding quadriga- detail on the roof of the monument. The monument, also known as Altare della Patria, ("Altar of the Fatherland"), was built in honor of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. The monument is also glaringly white, built from "corpse-white marble" imported from Botticino in Brescia, making it highly conspicuous amidst the generally brownish buildings surrounding it. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The monument is the largest in Rome.