Whats your favorite spot in Rome?

Philippines
November 22, 2006 5:31pm CST
A place one should never miss when visiting Rome.
3 responses
• India
4 Dec 06
The monument of Victor Emmanuel II - The monument of Victor Emmanuel II, Rome.
My favorite spot in Rome is Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II The monument of Victor Emmanuel IIThe Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Nation) or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The monument was designed and built by Giuseppe Sacconi between 1895 and 1911 to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of unified Italy. The monument is built of pure white marble and features majestic stairways, tall Corinthian columns, fountains, a huge equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel and two statues of goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas. The monument holds the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with an eternal flame, built under the statue of Italy after World War I. The base of the structure also houses the museum of Italian Reunification. The monument is controversial. Its construction destroyed a large area of Capitoline Hill housing a Mediaeval neighbourhood. The building itself is often regarded as pompous and too large. It is clearly visible to most of the city of Rome despite being boxy in general shape and lacking a dome or a tower. The monument is also glaringly white, making it highly conspicuous amidst the generally brownish buildings surrounding it, and its stacked, crowded nature has lended it several derogatory nicknames, among them "the wedding cake" and "the typewriter". Despite all this, the monument still attracts a hefty amount of visitors with its Romanesque quality. It was featured in the 2003 movie The Core where it collapses due to being struck by huge bolts of lightning.
@suscan (1955)
• United States
25 Nov 06
I have never been there,but I am hoping to go there. There is so much history to see there.
@MagusX (1098)
• Brazil
22 Nov 06
well, the coliseum