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Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; full name: Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also informally known as Piedmont–Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 until 17 March 1861, [a] when he assumed the title of King of Italy and became the first king of an independent, united Italy since the 6th ...
The Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Italian: Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II), also known as the Vittoriano or Altare della Patria ("Altar of the Fatherland"), is a large national monument built between 1885 and 1935 to honour Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, in Rome, Italy. [2]
The Encounter of Teano, Fiesole. The Encounter of Teano (L'Incontro di Teano) is a bronze monumental equestrian statuary group depicting the encounter of King Vittorio Emanuele II and Garibaldi, both on horseback, at a bridge in Teano on October 26, 1860.
Vittorio Emanuele finally returned to Italian soil in November 2002, after parliament lifted the ban, travelling to Rome for a brief visit just before Christmas and getting an audience with Pope ...
The monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Venice (1887) In December 1878 a committee was set up in Venice to commemorate King Vittorio Emanuele II, who had recently passed away. Following a competition, the announcement of which was published in September of the following year, and in which many artists participated (for a total of 48 sketches ...
The monument was designed by Salvino Salvini, and later modified by Emilio Zocchi, and inaugurated in 1890 in town, and moved to this site in 1932.The first design of the monument dates to 1859, after the last Duke of Lorraine fled Florence, and Tuscany joined the expanding Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (now including Lombardy and other territories) ruled by Vittorio Emanuele II.
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Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the son of Italy’s last king, Umberto II, has died at the age of 86. The prince died on Saturday in Geneva, the Savoy Royal House said in a statement. Vittorio ...