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      • Anne and Mike shopping on the Ponte Vecchio
      • Sightseeing on the Ponte Vecchio
      • Outside the Duomo
      • The Duomo
      • After the Uffizi
      • Uffizi Gallery
      • More Santa Croce
      • Some famous tombs
      • David
      • On the way to the Academy of Art
      • Mike and Mary Fran strolling down the main street ...
      • City of Florence
      • Florence
      • Hostaria Costanza
      • St. Peter's
      • The Pantheon
      • This is a Baroque fountain in the Piazza Navone, a...
      • Colosseum
      • Pope Benedict and the Vatican
      • Churches
      • Anne and Mike's Restaurant
      • Some night shots
      • More on Piazza del Popolo
      • Around the Vatican
      • Il Vittoriano
      • Piazza Del Popolo
      • Three coins in the fountain, Sunday, June 22
      • Between the Forum and the hotel, Sunday, June 22
      • The Roman Forum, Sunday June 22
      • Around the Coliseum, Sunday, June 22
      • Roman Forum, Arch of Constantine, Coliseum
      • Palatine Hill
      • Hotel Kolbe Rome, Sunday June 22
      • lots of good eating
      • still Sunday
      • The first day - Sunday
      • Getting there
      • We're Back
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Saturday, July 5, 2008

Il Vittoriano




Known as "Il Vittoriano", this monument was begun in 1885 and inaugurated in 1911 in honour of Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy, the first King is depicted here in a gilt bronze equestrian statue, oversized like the monument itself - the statue is 12 m (39 ft.) long.
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