It was my second time passing by Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele Il. I was trying to get a good shot of the monument.
As usual, a tourist mob was there taking pictures.
I walked to the middle of the road to have a more centered shot. Traffic in Rome is crazy, sometimes there is no streetlight or stop sign to help you cross the street. You have to rely on drivers' courtesy to cross. I always followed other pedestrians to cross.
This building is controversial because a large part of Capitoline Hill with a Medieval neighborhood was torn down just to build this largest monument in Italy. You can see why locals don't love it. Also the architectural style was criticized for not designed in a "Roman" style and being too German.
The prominent attributes of the monument are Corinthian columns, fountains, stairways, an equestrian sculpture of Vittorio Emanuele, and two sculptures of goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas. It houses the museum of Italian Unification and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with the eternal flame built after World War I. The monument is dedicated to Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a unified Italy.
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