Victor Emmanuel Monument Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy, located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The monument was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1895; sculpture for it was parceled out to established sculptors all over Italy. It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1935.
The monument, "chopped with terrible brutality into the immensely complicated fabric of the hill", is built of pure white marble from Botticino, Brescia, and features majestic stairways, tall Corinthian columns, fountains, a huge equestrian sculpture of Victor Emmanuel and two statues of the goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas. The structure is 135 m (443 ft) wide and 70 m (230 ft) high. If the quadrigae and winged victories are included, the height is to 81 m (266 ft).The base of the structure houses the museum of Italian Reunification. (Wiki)

jlbrthnn, saxo042, ciakgiak, gentedilivello, gentedilivello, Clementi, Cricri, leonorkuhn, gunbud, Ola_Kwiatek, Uhu, pierrefonds, atha2pan has marked this note useful

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jlbrthnn (37749) 2009-07-03 8:10

Hello Asa,
I believe that I saw this monument in the photographs of “clementi”. The moved back and low point of view makes it possible to entirely describe it and of him given broadth. The inclusion of the life is rather pleasant. The light is exceptional. Cheer.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

saxo042 (15544) 2009-07-03 8:22

Hi Asa,
This is really a very impressive building but in a city like Rome it has some problems to compete! It is not really the most beautiful building here but your capture is certainly very good and shows it in its context!
Kind regards
Gunnar

ciakgiak (10548) 2009-07-03 12:26

Hello Asa,
this isn't a splendid monument, but your POV makes it really wonderful.
Congratulations for the composition and the great colours.
Friendly regards.
Giorgio

gentedilivello (1859) 2009-07-03 14:30

Hi Asa,
nice view over this renown monument. There is a particular light and the sky is so deeply blue. Well done.
TFS.
Have a good weekend.
Gabriele.

jplebrun (16850) 2009-07-03 17:48

Bonsoir Asa
superbe cliché que tu nous présentes, magnifique monument photographier dans un superbe ciel tout bleu, bravo.
Amitiés
Jean-Pierre

Clementi (43843) 2009-07-03 22:53

Ciao Asa,
I see that you have come to Rome, certain you could tell so' we could take there a coffee together, interesting the pov of this monument.
good job
Giorgio

pablominto (40508) 2009-07-03 23:04

Hello Asa,

Good details in the capture of this impressive piece of architecture!
The colour palette works well with the intensely blue sky as background for the different shades of grey...
Quite a monument it is..!

Greetings,
Pablo -

Focales (514) 2009-07-04 4:29

Hello Asa,
Revoir ce monument célèbre et la belle ville de Rome est toujours un plaisir.

Cricri (43030) 2009-07-04 13:36

Hi Asa
Très belle image de ce célébre bâtiment, bien resorti par le bleu du ciel et une très belle lumière
bonne note d'accompagnement
Have a nice week end
cricri

leonorkuhn (13559) 2009-07-05 6:44

Hi Asa,

Very beautiful monument. I like this different POV, the very good light and the excellent details.

Have a nice week
Leonor

gunbud (27789) 2009-07-09 18:47

Hi Asa,
Stunning capture of this beautiful Italian architecture that stands out so nicely against the deep blue sky.
The white marble is seen in all its intricate design and beauty.
Regards, Tom

Ola_Kwiatek (2416) 2009-07-13 5:01

Wow! Wonderful architecture. Nice sky. Very nice colors. Good contrast and sharp.
Cheers

Uhu (7374) 2009-07-17 10:15

High!
It's so very unusal and impressive place! And a very good photo of it - surely it have to be something very big and, by the way, I like such architectural style.
And I like low POV alaways!

mauro61 (15304) 2009-07-28 7:51

ciao Asa,
inquadratura ampia per riprendere questo famosissimo monumento romano.
Ottimi i colori e la gestione della luce.
saluti
maurizio

pierrefonds (26167) 2009-07-28 14:45

Hi Asa,

The presence of the people has an effect of scale. The point of view is allowing us to distinguish the details and colors of the architecture of Victor Emmanuel monument. It is clear and precise. the quality of the light is enhancing the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

atha2pan (3347) 2009-08-05 5:14

watching this photo I turn mad.
Because I made for sure 2 thousand photos of Roma, and all photos are gone with my external HDD, which for God's sake broke down...
A nice reminder your photo, which I like a lot.

CU
Saki

Photo Information

Copyright: Asa Jernigan (asajernigan) (14090)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-20
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS 50D, Canon 10-22 EF-S f/3.5-4.5 USM, Sunpak Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/16, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Italy, Switzerland & France 2009
Date Submitted: 2009-07-03 7:59