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Vittorio Emanuele II

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Vittorio Emanuele II
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Known as "Il Vittoriano", the 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 12 m (39 ft.) long.