Piazza Venezia

Piazza Venezia is named after the adjacent Palazzo Venezia.  Entrance to the Palazzo Venezia is from 9:30 am to 7:30 pm with an entrance fee of 18 euro.  The Palazzo is probably not what draws your attention to Piazza Venezia, however.  The Vittoriano is the most important monument to the first king of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II.  This very large, majestic monument can be seen in various movies and is one of the iconic sights of Rome.  You can enter the monument for free, although an entrance fee of 18 euro is required to enter its museums or to ride the lift to the top of the monument.  The official website for the monument and also for the palazzo is here:  Piazza Venezia

My daughter and I walked through the monument in March of 2025.  One thing to note is that if you need to use the bathroom while visiting this monument, it is located on the lowest level and there is a very long line to wait in to use one of two stalls - boys and girls combined.  There is no cost to use these facilities, other than the long wait in line.

The highlight of the Piazza Venezia is the Vittorio Emanuele II monument, which is a spacious, opulent building which you can tour for free, although entering the museums does require an entrance fee of eighteen euro for the day, entering any time between 9:30 am and 7 pm.  The monument was built beginning in 1885 and was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi.  It was inaugurated in 1911 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Unification of Italy.  This bronze statue is of Victor Emanuele II.

My daughter on the stairs of the monument in March of 2025

Every time I have visited the Piazza Venezia it has been under construction.

Inside the atrium of the monument: Quadriga of Liberty

"The sacred borders of Italy returned with arms."

One of the triumphal columns

My daughter and I on the terrace of the monument in March of 2025

This lift takes visitors who have paid the 18 euro entrance fee up to the top floor and includes entrance to the museums and more.

view of the city from the monument

Bronze chariots on the Panoramic Terrace

Victor Emmanuel II

Bronze chariots

The colonnade with 16 columns that represent the regions of Italy in the second half of the nineteenth century

A pair of triumphal columns with winged Victories on top

Victor Emmanuel

The Door of Liberty

Freedom, The Right, Tyranny, and the People

"The Sacrifice" by Leonardo Bistolfi

Victor Emmanuel II

Altar of the Fatherland

Altar of the Fatherland with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which was added in 1921

Altar of the Fatherland, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Bronze chariots, and Victor Emmanuel II

Altar of the Fatherland & Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

One of the bronze Victories

The sculpture entitled "The Thought" by Giulio Monteverde

Lamassu, a monster with the body of a winged lion

One of the Victory's

"The Sacrifice"

The Action

Victor Emmanuel II and The Sacrifice