Giuseppe Sacconi

…most conspicuous architectural expression is Giuseppe Sacconi’s Monument to Victor Emmanuel II, Rome (1885–1911). This amazingly confident, if generally unloved, re-creation of imperial Roman grandeur commemorates the king under whom Italian unity had been achieved in 1861.

…Italy, that was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1885 and inaugurated in 1911. The monument celebrates the unification of Italy and honors Victor Emmanuel II, who was for many years a leader of the movement toward a united Italy and in 1871 became the first king of the fully reunified…