The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II) or "Il Vittoriano" is a controversial monument built in honour of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill.
To date, the Vittoriano is the largest monument in white marble Botticino (Brescia) ever created, and features stairways, Corinthian columns, fountains, an equestrian sculpture of Victor Emmanuel and two statues of the goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas. The structure is 135 m wide and 70 m high. If the quadrigas and winged victories are included, the height is to 81 m. It has a total area of 17,000 square meters.
The monument holds the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with an eternal flame, built under the statue of Italy after World War I.